Chemically strengthened glass, and glass for chemical strengthening

ABSTRACT

A glass for chemical strengthening contains, in mole percentage on an oxide basis, 58 to 80% of SiO 2 , 13 to 18% of Al 2 O 3 , 0 to 5% of B 2 O 3 , 0.5 to 4% of P 2 O 5 , 4 to 10% of Li 2 O, 5 to 14% of Na 2 O, 0 to 2% of K 2 O, 0 to 11% of MgO, 0 to 5% of CaO, 0 to 20% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO, 0 to 1% of TiO 2 , and 0 to 2% of ZrO 2 . A value of X is 30000 or more. The value of X is calculated based on the formula, X=SiO 2 ×329+Al 2 O 3 ×786+B 2 O 3 ×627+P 2 O 5 ×(− 941 )+Li 2 O×927+Na 2 O×47.5+K 2 O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO 2 ×51.8, by using the contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/908,227 filed Feb. 28, 2018, which is a continuation Application of International Application No. PCT/JP2017/001755, filed Jan. 19, 2017, which claims priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-010002, filed Jan. 21, 2016, and to Japanese Patent Application No. 2016-204745, filed Oct. 18, 2016. The contents of these applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass.

BACKGROUND ART

In recent years, a cover glass constituted by a chemically strengthened glass is used to increase protection and beauty of a display device of mobile devices such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a tablet terminal.

A chemically strengthened glass has a tendency that strength increases as surface compressive stress (value) (CS) and a depth of a compressive stress layer (DOL) increase. On the other hand, to maintain a balance with surface compressive stress, internal tensile stress (CT) is generated inside a glass, and as a result, CT increases as CS and DOL are large. When a glass having large CT cracks, the cracking manner is vigorous with a lot of fragments, and as a result, the risk that the fragments scatter increases.

In view of the above, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses the formula (10) indicating acceptable limit of internal tensile stress of a chemically strengthened glass, and discloses that a chemically strengthened glass in which the number of fragments scattered is small is obtained by adjusting the following CT′ even though strength of the chemically strengthened glass is increased. Internal tensile stress CT′ described in Patent Document 1 is derived by the following formula (11) using measurement values of CS and DOL′.

CT′≤−38.7×ln(t)+48.2  (10)

CS×DOL′=4−2×DOL′)×CT′  (11)

Here, DOL′ corresponds to a depth of an ion exchange layer.

PRIOR ART DOCUMENTS

Patent Document

Patent Document 1: U.S. Pat. No. 8,075,999

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Problems that the Invention is to Solve

According to the studies by the present inventors, there was a case that strength of a chemically strengthened glass is insufficient in the method of Patent Document 1. It is considered that this is because the influence of a glass composition is not sufficiently considered, a stress profile is approximated in linear in the above formula for obtaining CT′, it assumes that the point at which stress is zero is equal to a depth of an ion diffusion layer, and the like. The present invention provides a chemically strengthened glass that improves those problems and further enhances strength.

Means for Solving the Problems

A first aspect of the present invention is a chemically strengthened glass, having a surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more, in which a compressive stress value (CS₉₀) in a portion at a depth of 90 μm from a glass surface is 25 MPa or more or a compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) in a portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface is 15 MPa or more,

in which a value of X is 30000 or more, the value of X being calculated based on the following formula by using contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, B₂O₃, P₂O₅, Li₂O, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO₂ in a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass.

X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8

The first aspect of the present invention may be a chemically strengthened glass, having a surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more, in which a compressive stress value (CS₉₀) in a portion at a depth of 90 μm from a glass surface is 25 MPa or more or a compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) in a portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface is 15 MPa or more,

in which a value of Z is 20000 or more, the value of Z being calculated based on the following formula by using contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, B₂O₃, P₂O₅, Li₂O, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO₂ in a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass.

X=SiO₂×237+Al₂O₃×524+B₂O₃×228+P₂O₅×(−756)+Li₂O×538+Na₂O×44.2+K₂O×(−387)+MgO×660+CaO×569+SrO×291+ZrO₂×510

The chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect preferably has a sheet shape with a sheet thickness t of 2 mm or less.

A second aspect of the present invention is a chemically strengthened glass, having a surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more and satisfying the following formulae (1) and (2).

StL(t)≥a×t+7000 (unit: MPa·μm)  (1)

a≥30000 (unit: MPa·μm/mm)  (2)

(Here, t is a sheet thickness (mm) and StL(t) is a value of St Limit at the sheet thickness t.)

The chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect preferably satisfies a≥35000.

Furthermore, the second aspect may be a chemically strengthened glass, having a surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more and satisfying the following formulae (3), (4) and (5).

CTL(t)≥−b×ln(t)+c (unit: MPa)  (3)

b≥14 (unit: MPa)  (4)

c≥48.4 (unit: MPa)  (5)

(Here, t is a sheet thickness (mm) and CTL(t) is a value of CT Limit at the sheet thickness t.)

The chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect preferably has a sheet shape with a sheet thickness t of 2 mm or less.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect that a compressive stress value (CS₉₀) in a portion at a depth of 90 μm from a glass surface is 25 MPa or more or a compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) in a portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface is 15 MPa or more.

A third aspect of the present invention is a chemically strengthened glass, having an average cracking height in a drop-on-sand test described hereinafter of 250 mm or more, a number of fragments in an indentation fracture test described hereinafter of 30 or less, a sheet thickness t of 0.4 to 2 mm, a surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more, and a depth of a compressive stress layer (DOL) of 100 μm or more.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that a product (CS₁₀₀×t²) of a compressive stress value in a portion at a depth of 100 μm from a glass surface and a square of a sheet thickness t (mm) is 5 MPa·mm² or more.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that an area Sc (MPa·μm) of a compressive stress layer is 30000 MPa·μm or more.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that a depth d_(h) of a portion at which a magnitude of an internal compressive stress reaches ½ of the surface compressive stress (CS) is 8 μm or more.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that a position d_(M) at which a compressive stress is maximum is in a range of up to 5 μm from a glass surface.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that a depth of the compressive stress layer (DOL) is 110 μm or more.

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that ΔCS_(DOL-20) (unit: MPa/μm) is 0.4 or more, the ΔCS_(DOL-20) being calculated by the following formula by using a compressive stress value CS_(DOL-20) at a depth of 20 μm glass surface side from the DOL.

ΔCS _(DOL-20) =CS _(DOL-20)/20

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (unit: MPa/μm) calculated by the following formula by using the CS₉₀ and the CS₁₀₀ is 0.4 or more.

ΔCS ₁₀₀₋₉₀=(CS ₉₀ −CS ₁₀₀)/(100−90)

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that a glass having the matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass has a fracture toughness value (K1c) of 0.7 MPa·m^(1/2) or more.

The chemically strengthened glass of the present invention preferably has an area St (MPa·μm) of an internal tensile layer of equal to or less than StL(t) (MPa·μm).

(Here, t is a sheet thickness (mm) and StL(t) is a value of St Limit at the sheet thickness t.)

The chemically strengthened glass of the present invention preferably has an internal tensile layer stress CT (MPa) of equal to or less than CTL(t) (MPa).

(Here, t is a sheet thickness (mm) and CTL(t) is a value of CT Limit at the sheet thickness t.)

It is preferred in the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention that a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass contains, in mole percentage on an oxide basis, 50 to 80% of SiO₂, 1 to 30% of Al₂O₃, 0 to 6% of B₂O₃, 0 to 6% of P₂O₅, 0 to 20% of Li₂O, 0 to 8% of Na₂O, 0 to 10% of K₂O, 0 to 20% of MgO, 0 to 20% of CaO, 0 to 20% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO, 0 to 5% of TiO₂, and 0 to 8% of ZrO₂.

The present invention further relates to a glass for chemical strengthening, containing, in mole percentage on an oxide basis, 63 to 80% of SiO₂, 7 to 30% of Al₂O₃, 0 to 5% of B₂O₃, 0 to 4% of P₂O₅, 5 to 15% of Li₂O, 4 to 8% of Na₂O, 0 to 2% of K₂O, 3 to 10% of MgO, 0 to 5% of CaO, 0 to 20% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO, 0 to 1% of TiO₂, and 0 to 8% of ZrO₂, and

not containing Ta₂O₅, Gd₂O₃, As₂O₃, and Sb₂O₃,

in which a value of X is 30000 or more, the value of X being calculated based on the following formula by using contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, B₂O₃, P₂O₅, Li₂O, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO₂.

X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8

In the above glass for chemical strengthening, the content of ZrO₂ in mole percentage on an oxide basis is preferably 1.2% or less.

The content of K₂O in mole percentage on an oxide basis is preferably 0.5% or more.

The content of B₂O₃ in mole percentage on an oxide basis is preferably 1% or less.

The content of Al₂O₃ in mole percentage on an oxide basis is preferably 11% or less.

A devitrification temperature T is preferably equal to or lower than a temperature T4 at which a viscosity reaches 10⁴ dPa·s.

Advantageous Effects of the Invention

The present invention provides a chemically strengthened glass having high strength in which scattering of fragments by fracture has been suppressed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a stress profile of a chemically strengthened glass, in which (a) is a view illustrating an example of a stress profile of a chemically strengthened glass, (b) is an enlarged view of a left halt of the stress profile (a), and (c) is a view illustrating depths at positions at which the compressive stresses of each of the profiles A and B are maximum.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view illustrating the state of preparing a sample for measuring surface compressive stress (CS) of a chemically strengthened glass, in which (a) illustrates a sample before polishing, and (b) illustrates a thinned sample after polishing.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a testing method of a drop-on-sand test.

FIG. 4 is a graph plotting the relationship between DOL and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass or a glass.

FIG. 5 is a graph plotting the relationship between CT and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass or a glass.

FIG. 6 is a graph plotting the relationship between CT and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 7 is a graph plotting the relationship between a surface compressive stress value CS and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass or a glass.

FIG. 8 is a graph plotting the relationship between a compressive stress value CS₉₀ and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass or a glass.

FIG. 9 is a graph plotting the relationship between a compressive stress value CS₁₀₀ and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass or a glass.

FIG. 10 is a graph showing the relationship between the product (CS₁₀₀×t²) of a compressive stress value CS₁₀₀ and the square of a sheet thickness t and an average cracking height, of a chemically strengthened glass or a glass.

FIG. 11 is a graph showing the test results of a four-point bending test of chemically strengthened glasses.

FIG. 12 is a graph plotting the relationship between CS and bending strength, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 13 is a graph plotting the relationship between DOL and bending strength, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 14 is a graph showing stress profiles of virtual chemically strengthened glasses.

FIG. 15 shows measurement examples of St Limit and CT Limit, in which (a) is a graph showing the relationship between an area St of an internal tensile stress layer and the number of fragments, (b) is an enlarged view of the portion surrounded by a dotted line in (a), (c) is a graph showing the relationship between internal tensile stress CT and the number of fragments, and (d) is an enlarged view of the portion surrounded by a dotted line in (c).

FIG. 16 is an explanatory view of a sample used in the measurement of a fracture toughness value by DCDC method.

FIG. 17 is a view illustrating K1-v curve indicating the relationship between a stress intensity factor K1 and a crack growth rate v, used in the measurement of a fracture toughness value by DCDC method.

FIG. 18 is a graph plotting the relationship between St Limit and X value, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 19 is a graph plotting the relationship between St Limit and Z value, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 20 is a graph plotting the relationship between St Limit and Young's modulus, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 21 is a graph plotting the relationship between X value and Z value, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 22 is a graph plotting St Limit to a sheet thickness t, of a chemically strengthened glass.

FIG. 23 is a graph plotting CT Limit to a sheet thickness t, of a chemically strengthened glass.

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

The chemically strengthened glass of the present invention is described in detail below.

<First Aspect>

The chemically strengthened glass according to a first aspect is described.

The first aspect is a chemically strengthened glass having surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more, in which a compressive stress value (CS₉₀) in the portion at a depth of 90 μm from a glass surface is 25 MPa or more, or a compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) in the portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface is 15 MPa or more.

In the present aspect, the value of X calculated based on the following formula by using the contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, B₂O₃, P₂O₅, Li₂O, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO₂ in a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass is 30000 or more, and/or the value of Z calculated based on the following formula is 20000 or more.

X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8

Z=SiO₂×237+Al₂O₃×524+B₂O₃×228+P₂O₅×(−756)+Li₂O×538+Na₂O×44.2+K₂O×(−387)+MgO×660+CaO×569+SrO×291+ZrO₂×510

The chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect has a compressive stress layer formed by a chemical strengthening treatment (ion exchange treatment) on the surface thereof. In the chemical strengthening treatment, the surface of a glass is ion-exchanged to form a surface layer having residual compressive stress therein. Specifically, alkali metal ions (typically, Li ions or Na ions) having small ionic radius present in the vicinity of the surface of a glass sheet are substituted with alkali ions (typically, Na ions or K ions for Li ions, and K ions for Na ions) having larger ionic radius by ion exchange at a temperature equal to or lower than a glass transition point. By this, compressive stress remains on the surface of a glass, and strength of a glass is enhanced.

In the first aspect, the surface compressive stress (CS) of the chemically strengthened glass is 300 MPa or more. When a smart phone or a tablet PC has been dropped, tensile stress is generated on the surface of a cover glass, and the magnitude thereof reaches about 350 MPa. In this case, when CS is 300 MPa or more, tensile stress generated by dropping is cancelled, and the cover glass is difficult to be fractured, which is preferable. The CS of the chemically strengthened glass is preferably 350 MPa or more, more preferably 400 MPa or more, and still more preferably 450 MPa or more.

On the other hand, the upper limit of CS of the chemically strengthened glass is not particularly limited. However, when CS is too large, in the case where the glass has been fractured, the danger of, for example, scattering of fragments increases. Therefore, from the standpoint of safety when fractured, it is, for example, 2000 MPa or less, preferably 1500 MPa or less, more preferably 1000 MPa or less, and still more preferably 800 MPa or less.

The CS of the chemically strengthened glass can be appropriately adjusted by adjusting chemical strengthening conditions, the composition of a glass and the like.

The CS of the chemically strengthened glass in the first aspect is defined as follows by the values CS_(F) and CS_(A) by the following two kinds of measurement methods. The same is applied to a compressive stress value (CS_(X)) in the portion at a depth of x μm from a glass surface.

CS=CS _(F)=1.28×CS _(A)

The CS_(F) is a value measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and obtained by an attachment program FsmV of the surface stress meter.

The CS_(A) is a value measured by the following procedures by using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM manufactured by Tokyo Instruments, Inc. As illustrated in FIG. 2, a cross-section of a chemically strengthened glass having a size of 10 mm×10 mm or a larger size and a thickness of about 0.2 to 2 mm is polished to a range of 150 to 250 μm to prepare a thin piece. The polishing procedures are that grinding is performed to a thickness of the target thickness plus about 50 μm by #1000 diamond electroplated grinding stone, and then grinding is performed to a thickness of the target thickness plus about 10 μm by #2000 diamond electroplated grinding stone, and finally mirror finishing is performed by cerium oxide, thereby achieving the target thickness. The sample thinned to about 200 μm prepared above is measured with transmitted light by using monochromatic light of λ=546 nm as a light source, and phase difference (retardation) of the chemically strengthened glass is measured with a birefringence imaging system. Stress is calculated by using the value obtained and the following formula (A).

F=δ/(C×t′)  (A)

In the formula (A), F is stress (MPa), δ is phase difference (retardation) (nm), C is a photoelastic constant (nm cm⁻¹ MPs), and t′ is a thickness (cm) of a sample.

The present inventors have found that a chemically strengthened glass having a given value or more of DOL and a given amount or more of a compressive stress value at a given depth in a compressive stress layer (hereinafter referred to as a “high DOL glass”) has excellent drop resistance on sand. They have further found that even in the case where CT is relatively large, such a high DOL glass has high drop resistance on sand.

From the above standpoints, of the first aspect, the compressive stress value (CS₉₀) in the portion at a depth of 90 μm from the glass surface is preferably 25 MPa or more, and more preferably 30 MPa or more. In the chemically strengthened glass, the compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) in the portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface is preferably 15 MPa or more, and more preferably 20 MPa or more. Furthermore, in the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect, the product CS₁₀₀×t² of the compressive stress value in the portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface and the square of a sheet thickness t (mm) is preferably 5 MPa·mm² or more.

In the case where the CS₉₀ is 25 MPa or more, sufficient resistance can be provided to fracture due to flaws generated by collision with a sharp object such as sand having a possibility of colliding with the chemically strengthened glass in the practical situations. In other words, excellent drop resistance on sand can be provided. The present inventors have further found that in the chemically strengthened glass having CS % of 25 MPa or more, even when CT is relatively large, a chemically strengthened glass having high drop resistance on sand can be provided.

The CS₉₀ is more preferably 30 MPa or more, still more preferably 35 MPa or more, still further more preferably 40 MPa or more, particularly preferably 45 MPa or more, and most preferably 50 MPa or more.

On the other hand, the upper limit of the CS₉₀ is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety when fractured, it is, for example, 250 MPa or less, preferably 200 MPa or less, more preferably 150 MPa or less, particularly preferably 100 MPa or less, and most preferably 75 MPa or less.

Similar to the above, the CS₁₀₀ is more preferably 20 MPa or more, still more preferably 23 MPa or more, still further more preferably 26 MPa or more, particularly preferably 30 MPa or more, and most preferably 33 MPa or more. The upper limit of the CS₁₀₀ is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety when fractured, it is, for example, 200 MPa or less, preferably 150 MPa or less, more preferably 100 MPa or less, particularly preferably 75 MPa or less, and most preferably 50 MPa or less.

The CS₁₀₀×t² is preferably 5 MPa·mm² or more, more preferably 7 MPa·mm² or more, still more preferably 10 MPa·mm² or more, particularly preferably 15 MPa·mm² or more, and most preferably 20 MPa·mm² or more. The upper limit of the CS₁₀₀×t² is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety when fractured, it is, for example, 120 MPa·mm² or less, preferably 100 MPa·mm² or less, more preferably 80 MPa·mm² or less, particularly preferably 60 MPa·mm² or less, and most preferably 40 MPa·mm² or less.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect, the depth d_(h) (see (b) of FIG. 1) of the portion at which the magnitude of the internal compressive stress is ½ of the surface compressive stress (CS) is preferably 8 μm or more. In the case where the d_(h) is 8 μm or more, resistance to the strength decrease of bending strength when flaws formed is enhanced. The d_(h) is preferably 8 μm or more, more preferably 10 μm or more, still more preferably 12 μm or more, and particularly preferably 15 μm or more. On the other hand, the upper limit of the d_(h) is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety when fractured, it is, for example, 70 μm or less, preferably 60 μm or less, more preferably 50 μm or less, still more preferably 40 μm or less, and particularly preferably 30 μm or less.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect, the depth d_(M) (see (c) of FIG. 1) of a position at which the compressive stress is maximum is preferably in a range of 10 μm or less from the glass surface. In the case where d_(M) locates in the portion at a depth deeper than 10 μm from the glass surface, the effect of enhancing bending strength by a chemical strengthening treatment is not sufficiently obtained, and this may lead to the decrease of bending strength. The d_(M) is preferably 10 μm or less, more preferably 8 μm or less, and still more preferably 5 μm or less.

In the first aspect, the DOL is preferably 100 μm or more. In the case where the DOL is 100 μm or more, sufficient resistance can be provided to fracture due to flaws generated by collision with a sharp object such as sand having a possibility of colliding with the chemically strengthened glass in the practical situations. The DOL is more preferably 110 μm or more, still more preferably 120 μm or more, and particularly preferably 130 μm or more.

On the other hand, the upper limit of the DOL is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety when fractured, it is, for example, 200 μm or less, preferably 180 μm or less, more preferably 160 μm or less, and particularly preferably 150 μm or less.

The DOL can be appropriately adjusted by adjusting chemical strengthening conditions, a composition of a glass, and the like.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention, the ΔCS_(DOL-20) (unit: MPa/μm) calculated by the following formula by using the compressive stress value CS_(DOL-20) at a depth of 20 μm glass surface side from DOL is preferably 0.4 or more.

ΔCS _(DOL-20) =CS _(DOL-20)/20

In the case where the ΔCS_(DOL-20) is 0.4 or more, the bending strength after flaws are formed with a sharp object (bending strength after forming flaws) can be enhanced. The ΔCS_(DOL-20) is more preferably stepwise 0.5 or more, 0.6 or more, 0.7 or more, 0.8 or more, 0.9 or more, 1.0 or more, 1.2 or more, 1.4 or more, and 1.5 or more. On the other hand, the upper limit of the ΔCS_(DoL-20) is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety of breaking, it is, for example, 4.0 or less, preferably 3.0 or less, more preferably 2.0 or less, still more preferably 1.7 or less, and typically 1.6 or less.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention, the ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (unit: MPa/μm) calculated by the following formula by using CS₉₀ and CS₁₀₀ is preferably 0.4 or more.

ΔCS ₁₀₀₋₉₀=(CS ₉₀ −CS ₁₀₀)/(100-90)

In the case where the ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ is 0.4 or more, the bending strength after flaws are formed with a sharp object (bending strength after forming flaws) can be enhanced. The ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ is more preferably stepwise 0.5 or more, 0.6 or more, 0.7 or more, 0.8 or more, 0.9 or more, 1.0 or more, 1.2 or more, 1.4 or more, and 1.5 or more. On the other hand, the upper limit of the ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ is not particularly limited. However, from the standpoint of safety of breaking, it is, for example, 4.0 or less, preferably 3.0 or less, more preferably 2.0 or less, still more preferably 1.7 or less, and typically 1.6 or less.

The DOL of the chemically strengthened glass in the first aspect is a depth from a glass surface of a portion at which stress is zero in a stress profile, and is a value measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and analyzed by an attachment program FsmV. It can also be measured by using a thinned sample as illustrated in (b) of FIG. 2 by using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM manufactured by Tokyo Instruments, Inc.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect, the value of the area Sc (MPa·μm) of the compressive stress layer is preferably 30000 MPa·μm or more. In the case where the value of the area Sc (MPa·μm) of the compressive stress layer is 30000 MPa·μm or more, the chemically strengthened glass having sufficient resistance to fracture due to flaws generated by collision with a sharp object such as sand having a possibility of colliding with the chemically strengthened glass in the practical situations can be obtained by introducing larger CS and DOL. The Sc is more preferably 32000 MPa·μm or more, and still more preferably stepwise 34000 MPa·μm or more, 36000 MPa·μm or more, 38000 MPa·μm or more, 40000 MPa·μm or more, 42000 MPa·μm or more, 44000 MPa·μm or more, and 46000 MPa·μm or more.

The Sc (MPa·μm) of the chemically strengthened glass in the first aspect is defined as follows by the values Sc_(F) and Sc_(A) by the following two kinds of measurement methods.

Sc=Sc _(F)=1.515×Sc _(A)

Here, Sc_(F) is a value calculated by using a value measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and analyzed by an attachment program FsmV, and the Sc_(A) is a value obtained by the measurement using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM and a thinned sample, which is the same method as in the CS_(A) measurement described before.

The area St (MPa·μm) of the internal tensile layer of the chemically strengthened glass in the first aspect is defined as follows by the values St_(r) and St_(A) by the following two kinds of measurement methods.

St=St _(F)=1.515×St _(A)

Here, St_(F) is a value calculated by using a value measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and analyzed by an attachment program FsmV, and the St_(A) is a value obtained by the measurement using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM and a thinned sample, which is the same method as in the CS_(A) measurement described before. The stress profile is prepared by two methods similar to the above, St_(F) or St_(A) is calculated, and St can be obtained.

Conceptual diagrams of Sc and St are shown in (a) of FIG. 1. Sc and St are the same value in principle, and are preferably calculated so as to be 0.95<Sc/St<1.05.

In the first aspect, the value of X calculated based on the following formula by using the contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, B₂O₃, P₂O₅, Li₂O, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO₂ in a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass is 30000 or more, and/or the value of Z calculated based on the following formula is 20000 or more.

The matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass is a composition of a glass before chemical strengthening (hereinafter also referred to as a “glass for chemical strengthening”). The portion having tensile stress (hereinafter also referred to as a “tensile stress portion”) of the chemically strengthened glass is a portion that is not ion-exchanged. In the case where a thickness of the chemical strengthened glass is sufficiently large, the tensile stress portion of the chemically strengthened glass has the same composition as that of a glass before chemical strengthening. In such a case, the composition of the tensile stress portion can be considered as a matrix composition. The preferred embodiment of the matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass is described hereinafter.

X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8

Z=SiO₂×237+Al₂O₃×524+B₂O₃×228+P₂O₅×(−756)+Li₂O×538+Na₂O×44.2+K₂O×(−387)+MgO×660+CaO×569+SrO×291+ZrO₂×510

The present inventors have experimentally found that the X value and Z value calculated based on the above formulae well correlate with the number of pieces (the number of fragments) formed when the chemically strengthened glass was fractured (broken), and the number of fragments when the glass was fractured tends to decrease as the X value and Z value increase.

Based on the above finding, from the standpoint of a glass generating less number of fragments and having higher safety, in the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect, the X value is preferably 30000 MPa·μm or more, and still more preferably stepwise 32000 MPa·μm or more, 34000 MPa·μm or more, 36000 MPa·μm or more, 38000 MPa-μm or more, 40000 MPa-μm or more, 42000 MPa-μm or more, 44000 MPa·μm or more, 45000 MPa·μm or more, and 46000 MPa·μm or more.

From the same standpoint, the Z value is preferably 20000 MPa·μm or more, and still more preferably stepwise 22000 MPa·μm or more, 24000 MPa·μm or more, 26000 MPa·μm or more, 28000 MPa·μm or more, 29000 MPa·μm or more, and 30000 MPa·μm or more.

The X value and Z value can be adjusted by the component contents in the matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass. In the first aspect, the matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass is not particularly limited. However, a glass composition in which a chemical strengthening treatment giving the above-described chemical strengthening properties to a glass after chemical strengthening can be applied, and the value of X is 30000 or more and/or the value of Z is 20000 or more is appropriately selected.

The present inventors have further experimentally found that Y value calculated based on the following formula correlates with the number of pieces (the number of fragments) formed when a chemically strengthened glass was fractured (broken), and the number of fragments when the glass fractured tends to decrease as the Y value increases.

Y=SiO₂×0.00884+Al₂O₃×0.0120+B₂O₃×(−0.00373)+P₂O₅×0.000681+Li₂O×0.007 35+Na₂O×(−0.00234)+K₂O×(−0.00608)+MgO×0.0105+CaO×0.00789+SrO×0.00752+BaO×0.00472+ZrO₂×0.0202

Based on the above finding, from the standpoint of a glass generating less number of fragments and having higher safety even in the case where a glass is fractured, in the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect, the Y value is preferably 0.7 or more, more preferably 0.75 or more, still more preferably 0.77 or more, particularly preferably 0.80 or more, and most preferably 0.82 or more.

The glass for chemical strengthening of the present invention is preferably that a devitrification temperature T is equal to or lower than a temperature T4 at which a viscosity reaches 10⁴ dPa·s. In the case where the devitrification temperature T is higher than T4, quality is easy to be deteriorated by devitrification during forming a glass sheet by a float process or the like.

In the case where the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect is a sheet-shaped glass (glass sheet), its sheet thickness (t) is not particularly limited. However, to enhance the effect of chemical strengthening, it is, for example, 2 mm or less, preferably 1.5 mm or less, more preferably 1 mm or less, still more preferably 0.9 mm or less, particularly preferably 0.8 mm or less, and most preferably 0.7 mm or less. From the standpoint of obtaining sufficient effect of enhancing strength by a chemical strengthening treatment, the sheet thickness is, for example, 0.1 mm or more, preferably 0.2 mm or more, more preferably 0.4 mm or more, and still more preferably 0.5 mm or more.

The chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect may have a shape other than a sheet shape, depending on products to which the glass is applied, uses, and the like. The glass sheet may have a chamfered shape having different thickness of an outer periphery. The glass sheet has two main surfaces and edge surfaces adjacent to those to form a sheet thickness, and the two main surfaces may form flat surfaces parallel to each other. However, the form of the glass sheet is not limited to this. For example, two main surfaces may not be parallel to each other, and the whole or a part of one or both of two main surfaces may be a curved surface. More specifically, the glass sheet may be a flat sheet-shaped glass sheet free of warp, and may be a curved glass sheet having a curved surface.

According to the first aspect, a chemically strengthened glass generating less number of fragments and high safety is obtained even though CT or St is large.

For example, in the case where a mobile device such as a smart phone is accidentally dropped, there is relatively high possibility that it collides with a collision object having a collision part having small angle (hereinafter also referred to as a “sharp object”) such as sand and a chemically strengthened glass as a cover glass is damaged. Therefore, a chemically strengthened glass difficult to be damaged even in the case of colliding with a sharp object is required.

The chemically strengthened glass according to the first aspect has excellent resistance to fracture (drop resistance on sand) due to flaws generated by collision with a sharp object such as sand having a possibility of colliding in the practical situations.

<Second Aspect>

The chemically strengthened glass according to the second aspect is described below.

One of the chemically strengthened glasses of the second aspect is a chemically strengthened glass having surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more and satisfying the following formulae (1) and (2).

StL(t)≥a×t+7000 (unit: MPa·μm)  (1)

a≥30000 (unit: MPa·μm/mm)  (2)

(Here, t is a sheet thickness (mm) and StL(t) is a value of St Limit in the case of the sheet thickness t.)

The StL(t) is a value obtained by the following measurement. A glass of 25 mm×25 mm×sheet thickness t (mm) is subjected to a chemical strengthening treatment under various chemical strengthening conditions such that an internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) changes, thereby preparing chemically strengthened glasses having various internal tensile stress areas (St, unit: MPa·μm). By using a diamond indenter having an indenter angle of a facing angle of 60°, those chemically strengthened glasses are fractured by an indentation fracture test in which a load of 3 to 10 kgf is maintained for 15 seconds, and the number of pieces (the number of fragments) of the chemically strengthened glasses after fracture are counted. The internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) in the case where the number of fragments was 10 is defined as St Limit value=StL(t) in the case of a sheet thickness t (mm). In the case where the number of fragments crosses over 10, StL(t) value is defined by the following formula by using Stn value that is St value of the maximum number n of fragments becoming less than 10 and Stm value that is St value of the minimum number m of fragments becoming more than 10.

StL(t) value=Stn+(10−n)×(Stm−Stn)/(m−n)

In the case where a chemically strengthened glass having a size larger than 25 mm×25 mm is used, a region of 25 mm×25 mm is indicated in a chemically strengthened glass, and the StL(t) is measured within the region.

StL(t) depends on a sheet thickness t (mm) and a, and a is a parameter depending on a glass composition. StL(t) linearly changes to t, and its gradient can be expressed by the parameter a changing by a composition. In the case where the value of a is 30000 MPa·μm/mm or more, the breaking mode generating less number of fragments and having high safety can be achieved even if larger CS and DOL have been introduced.

The value of a is more preferably 32000 MPa·μm/mm or more, and is more preferably stepwise 34000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 36000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 38000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 40000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 42000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 44000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 46000 MPa·μm/mm or more, 48000 MPa·μm/mm or more, and 50000 MPa·μm/mm or more.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the present embodiment, in the case where a is larger than 53000 MPa·μm/mm, the devitrification temperature of a glass increases, and productivity may be deteriorated in glass manufacturing. Therefore, the value a is preferably 53000 MPa-μm/mm or less.

One of the chemically strengthened glasses of the second aspect is a chemically strengthened glass having surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more and satisfying the following formulae (3), (4) and (5).

CTL(t)≥−b×ln(t)+c (unit: MPa)  (3)

b≥14 (unit: MPa)  (4)

c≥48.4 (unit: MPa)  (5)

(Here, t is a sheet thickness (mm) and CTL (t) is a value of CT Limit in the case of the sheet thickness t.)

The CTL(t) is a value obtained by the following measurement. Specifically, a glass of 25 mm×25 mm×sheet thickness t (mm) is subjected to a chemical strengthening treatment under various chemical strengthening conditions such that internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa) changes, thereby preparing chemically strengthened glasses having various internal tensile stresses CT (unit: MPa). By using a diamond indenter having an indenter angle of a facing angle of 60°, those chemically strengthened glasses are fractured by an indentation fracture test in which a load of 3 to 10 kgf is maintained for 15 seconds, and the number of pieces (the number of fragments) of the chemically strengthened glasses after fracture are counted. The internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa) in the case where the number of fragments was 10 is defined as CT Limit value=CTL(t) in the case of a sheet thickness t (mm). In the case where the number of fragments crosses over 10, CTL(t) value is defined by the following formula by using CTn value that is CT value of the maximum number n of fragments becoming less than 10 and CTm value that is CT value of the minimum number m of fragments becoming more than 10.

CTL(t) value=CTn+(10−n)×(CTm−CTn)/(m−n)

In the case where a chemically strengthened glass having a size larger than 25 mm×25 mm is used, a region of 25 mm×25 mm is indicated in a chemically strengthened glass, and the CTL(t) is measured within the region.

CTL(t) depends on a sheet thickness t (mm), b and c, and b and c are parameters depending on a glass composition. CTL(t) decreases with increasing t, and can be expressed by using natural logarithm as in the formula (3). According to the present embodiment, in the case where the values of b and c are 14 MPa or more and 48.4 MPa or more, respectively, the breaking mode generating less number of fragments and having high safety can be achieved even if CS and DOL larger than conventional CS and DOL have been introduced.

The value of b is more preferably 14 MPa or more, and is preferably stepwise 15 MPa or more, 16 MPa or more, 17 MPa or more, 18 MPa or more, 19 MPa or more, 20 MPa or more, 21 MPa or more, 22 MPa or more, 23 MPa or more, 24 MPa or more, 25 MPa or more, 26 MPa or more, 27 MPa or more, 28 MPa or more, 29 MPa or more, and 30 MPa or more.

The value of c is more preferably 48.4 MPa or more, and is preferably stepwise 49 MPa or more, 50 MPa or more, 51 MPa or more, 52 MPa or more, 53 MPa or more, 54 MPa or more, 55 MPa or more, 56 MPa or more, 57 MPa or more, 58 MPa or more, 59 MPa or more, 60 MPa or more, 61 MPa or more, 62 MPa or more, 63 MPa or more, 64 MPa or more, and 65 MPa or more.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the present embodiment, in the case where b is larger than 35 MPa and c is larger than 75 MPa, devitrification of a glass is generally deteriorated, and productivity may be deteriorated in glass manufacturing. Therefore, CTL(t) is preferably smaller than −35×ln(t)+75.

The St value and CT value are defined as follows by using the values St_(F) and CT_(F) measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and analyzed by an attachment program FsmV, or the values St_(A) and CT_(A) obtained by the measurement using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-TM and a thinned sample.

St=St _(F)=1.515×St _(A)

CT=CT _(F)=1.28×CT _(A)

Here, CT_(F) is a value equal to the value CT_CV analyzed by FsmV, and differs from CT′ obtained by the following formula (11).

CS×DOL′=(t−2×DOL′)×CT′  (11)

Here, DOL′ corresponds to a depth of an ion exchange layer. The above formula obtaining CT′ linearly approximates a stress profile, and furthermore, it is assumed that the point at which stress is zero equals to a depth of an ion exchange layer. Therefore, there is a problem that it is estimated larger than the actual internal tensile stress, and this is improper as an index of internal tensile stress in the present embodiment.

The chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect has a compressive stress layer formed by a chemical strengthening treatment (ion exchange treatment), on the surface thereof.

The chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect has surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more. The reason for limiting CS and preferred numerical range in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

Preferred numerical ranges of CS₉₀, CS₁₀₀ and CS₁₀₀×t² and the technical effects accompanying with those, in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect are the same as in the first aspect. Particularly, in the case where the compressive stress value (CS₉₀) of the portion at a depth of 90 μm from the glass surface is 25 MPa or more or the compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) of the portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface is 15 MPa or more, sufficient resistance can be provided to fracture due to flaws generated by collision with a sharp object such as sand having a possibility of colliding with the chemically strengthened glass in the practical situations. In other words, the chemically strengthened glass having excellent drop resistance on sand can be provided.

Preferred numerical ranges of d_(h) and d_(M) and the technical effects accompanying with those, in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

Preferred numerical range of DOL and the technical effect accompanying with it, in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

Preferred numerical ranges of Sc and St and the technical effects accompanying with those, in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

The chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect is preferably a sheet-shape one having a sheet thickness t of 2 mm or less. Preferred numerical range of the sheet thickness t in the chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect and the technical effect accompanying with it are the same as in the first aspect.

The chemically strengthened glass of the second aspect can have various shapes other than a sheet shape, similar to the chemically strengthened glass of the first aspect.

<Third Aspect>

The chemically strengthened glass according to the third aspect is described below.

The third aspect relates to a chemically strengthened glass,

in which an average cracking height by a drop-on-sand test under the following conditions is 250 mm or more,

the number of fragments by an indentation fracture test under the following conditions is 30 or less,

sheet thickness t is 0.4 to 2 mm,

surface compressive stress (CS) is 300 MPa or more, and

a depth (DOL) of a compressive stress layer is 100 μm or more.

From the standpoint of providing excellent drop resistance on sand, an average cracking height by a drop-on-sand test of the chemically strengthened glass in the third aspect is 250 mm or more, preferably 300 mm or more, and more preferably 350 mm or more. The average cracking height of the chemically strengthened glass in the third aspect is measured by a drop-on-sand test under the following conditions.

Drop-On-Sand Test Conditions:

A chemically strengthened glass (50 mm×50 mm×sheet thickness t (mm)) is adhered to a hard nylon mock plate (50 mm×50 mm, weight: 54 g) through a sponge double sided tape (50 mm×50 mm×thickness 3 mm) to prepare a measurement sample. 1 g of silica sand (#5 Silica Sand, manufactured by Takeori Kogyo-Sho) is applied on SUS plate having a size of 15 cm×15 cm so as to be uniform, and the measurement sample prepared is dropped on the surface of the SUS plate having silica sand applied thereon from a predetermined height (drop height) such that the chemically strengthened glass faces down. The drop test is started from a drop height of 10 mm, and the height is lifted every 10 mm. The height at which the chemically strengthened glass has been cracked is defined as a cracking height (unit: mm). The drop test is conducted 5 or more times in each example, and an average value of those cracking heights in the drop test is defined as an average cracking height (unit: mm).

From the standpoint of further safe fracture (breaking) even if fracture (breaking) occurs, the number of fragments by an indentation fracture test of the chemically strengthened glass in the third aspect is 30 or less, preferably 20 or less, more preferably 10 or less, still more preferably 5 or less, and particularly preferably 2 or less. The number of fragments of the chemically strengthened glass in the third aspect is measured by an indentation fracture test under the following conditions.

Indentation Fracture Test Conditions:

As for a chemically strengthened glass of 25 mm×25 mm×sheet thickness t (mm), the chemically strengthened glass is fractured by an indentation fracture test in which a load of 3 to 10 kgf is held for 15 seconds, using a diamond indenter having an indenter angle of a facing angle of 60°, and the number of fragments of the chemically strengthened glass after breaking is counted. In the case where a chemically strengthened glass having a size larger than 25 mm×25 mm is used, a region of 25 mm×25 mm is indicated in the chemically strengthened glass, and an indentation fracture test and the measurement of the number of fragments are conducted in the region. In the case where the chemically strengthened glass has a curved shape, a size of 25 mm×25 mm as a projected area is indicated on the curved surface of the chemically strengthened glass, and an indentation fracture test and the measurement of the number of fragments are conducted in the region.

The chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect is sheet-shaped (glass sheet), and from the standpoint of making it possible to remarkably enhance strength by chemical strengthening, its sheet thickness (t) is, for example, 2 mm or less, preferably 1.5 mm or less, more preferably 1 mm or less, still more preferably 0.9 mm or less, particularly preferably 0.8 mm or less, and most preferably 0.7 mm or less. From the standpoint of obtaining the sufficient effect of enhancing strength by chemical strengthening, the sheet thickness is, for example, 0.3 mm or more, preferably 0.4 mm or more, and more preferably 0.5 mm or more.

The chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect has surface compressive stress (CS) of 300 MPa or more. The reason for limiting CS and preferred numerical range in the chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

From the standpoint of having sufficient resistance to fracture due to flaws generated by collision with a sharp object such as sand having a possibility of colliding with the chemically strengthened glass in the practical situations, DOL in the chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect is 100 μm or more. The DOL is more preferably 110 μm or more, still more preferably 120 μm or more, and particularly preferably 130 μm or more.

Preferred numerical ranges of CS₉₀, CS₁₀₀ and CS₁₀₀×t² and the technical effects accompanying with those in the chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

Preferred numerical ranges of d_(h) and d_(M) and the technical effects accompanying with those in the chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

Preferred numerical ranges of Sc and St and the technical effects accompanying with those in the chemically strengthened glass of the third aspect are the same as in the first aspect.

The chemically strengthened glass according to the third aspect is a chemically strengthened glass generating less number of fragments and having high safety even though CT or St is large

<Glass for Chemical Strengthening>

The glass for chemical strengthening of the present invention is described below.

A glass composition of the glass for chemical strengthening is hereinafter sometimes referred to as a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass.

In the case where the thickness of the chemically strengthened glass is sufficiently large, the portion having tensile stress (hereinafter also referred to as a “tensile stress portion”) in the chemically strengthened glass is the portion that is not ion-exchanged. Therefore, the tensile stress portion in the chemically strengthened glass has the same composition as in the glass before chemical strengthening. In such a case, the composition of the tensile stress portion in the chemically strengthened glass can be considered as a matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass.

The composition of a glass can be obtained by semi-quantitative analysis by a fluorescent X-ray method in a simplified manner, but more precisely, can be measured by a wet analysis method such as ICP emission spectrometry.

Unless otherwise indicated, the content of each component is expressed by mole percentage on an oxide basis.

As an example of the composition for the glass for chemical strengthening of the present invention (matrix composition of the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention), one containing 50 to 80% of SiO₂, 1 to 30% of Al₂O₃, 0 to 5% of B₂O₃, 0 to 4% of P₂O₅, 3 to 20% of Li₂O, 0 to 8% of Na₂O, 0 to 10% of K₂O, 3 to 20% of MgO, 0 to 20% of CaO, 0 to 20% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO, 0 to 1% of TiO₂, and 0 to 8% of ZrO₂ is preferred.

Example thereof includes a glass containing 63 to 80% of SiO₂, 7 to 30% of Al₂O₃, 0 to 5% of B₂O₃, 0 to 4% of P₂O₅, 5 to 15% of Li₂O, 4 to 8% of Na₂O, 0 to 2% of K₂O, 3 to 10% of MgO, 0 to 5% of CaO, 0 to 20% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO0 to 1% of TiO₂, and 0 to 8% of ZrO₂, and not containing Ta₂O₅, Gd₂O₃, As₂O₃, and Sb₂O₃.

It is preferred in the glass for chemical strengthening that the value of X calculated based on

X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8 is 30000 or more.

Furthermore, it is preferred that the value of Z calculated based on

Z=SiO₂×237+Al₂O₃×524+B₂O₃×228+P₂O₅×(−756)+Li₂O×538+Na₂O×44.2+K₂O×(−387)+MgO×660+CaO×569+SrO×291+ZrO₂×510 is 20000 or more.

SiO₂ is a component constituting a framework of a glass. Furthermore, it is a component enhancing chemical durability and is a component reducing the generation of cracks when flaws (indentations) have been formed on a glass surface. The content of SiO₂ is preferably 50% or more. The content of SiO₂ is more preferably stepwise 54% or more, 58% or more, 60% or more, 63% or more, 66% or more, and 68% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of SiO₂ exceeds 80%, meltability is remarkably deteriorated. The content of SiO₂ is 80% or less, more preferably 78% or less, still more preferably 76% or less, particularly preferably 74% or less, and most preferably 72% or less.

Al₂O₃ is a component enhancing breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass. High breaking resistance of a glass used herein means that the number of fragments is small when a glass has been cracked. A glass having high breaking resistance is that fragments are difficult to scatter when fractured, and therefore, it says that safety is high. Al₂O₃ is a component effective to enhance ion exchange performance during chemical strengthening and increase surface compressive stress after strengthening. Therefore, the content of Al₂O₃ is preferably 1% or more. Al₂O₃ is a component increasing Tg of a glass and is a component increasing Young's modulus. The content of Al₂O₃ is more preferably stepwise 3% or more, 5% or more, 7% or more, 8% or more, 9% or more, 10% or more, 11% or more, 12% or more, and 13% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of Al₂O₃ exceeds 30%, acid resistance of the glass is deteriorated or a devitrification temperature increases. Additionally, a viscosity of the glass increases, resulting in deterioration of meltability. The content of Al₂O₃ is preferably 30% or less, more preferably 25% or less, still more preferably 20% or less, particularly preferably 18% or less, and most preferably 15% or less. On the other hand, in the case where the content of Al₂O₃ is large, a temperature during melting a glass increases, resulting in deterioration of productivity. In the case of considering productivity of a glass, the content of Al₂O₃ is preferably 11% or less, and is more preferably stepwise 10% or less, 9% or less, 8% or less, and 7% or less.

B₂O₃ is a component enhancing chipping resistance of the glass for chemical strengthening or the chemically strengthened glass and enhancing meltability. B₂O₃ is not essential, but the content of B₂O₃ when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, and still more preferably 2% or more, in order to enhance meltability. On the other hand, when the content of B₂O₃ exceeds 5%, striae are generated during melting, and the quality of the glass for chemical strengthening is easy to be deteriorated. Therefore, it is preferably 5% or less. The content of B₂O₃ is more preferably 4% or less, still more preferably 3% or less, and particularly preferably 1% or less. To enhance acid resistance, preferably it is not contained.

P₂O₅ is a component enhancing ion exchange performance and chipping resistance. P₂O₅ may not be contained, but the content of P₂O₅ when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, and still more preferably 2% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of P₂O₅ exceeds 4%, breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass is deteriorated or acid resistance is remarkably deteriorated. The content of P₂O₅ is preferably 4% or less, more preferably 3% or less, still more preferably 2% or less, and particularly preferably 1% or less. To enhance acid resistance, preferably it is not contained.

Li₂O is a component forming surface compressive stress by ion exchange, and is a component improving breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass.

In the case where a chemical strengthening treatment is conducted such that Li ions on a glass surface are substituted with Na ions and the CS₉₀ is 30 MPa or more, the content of Li₂O is preferably 3% or more, more preferably 4% or more, still more preferably 5% or more, particularly preferably 6% or more, and typically 7% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of Li₂O exceeds 20%, acid resistance of the glass is remarkably deteriorated. The content of Li₂O is preferably 20% or less, more preferably 18% or less, still more preferably 16% or less, particularly preferably 15% or less, and most preferably 13% or less.

On the other hand, in the case where a chemical strengthening treatment is conducted such that Na ions on a glass surface are substituted with K ions and the CS₉₀ is 30 MPa or more, if the content of Li₂O exceeds 3%, magnitude of compressive stress is decreased, and it is difficult to achieve the CS₉₀ of 30 MPa or more. In this case, the content of Li₂O is preferably 3% or less, more preferably 2% or less, still more preferably 1% or less, and particularly preferably 0.5% or less, and it is most preferable that Li₂O is not substantially contained.

The term “is not substantially contained” used in the present specification means that the component is not contained excluding inevitable impurities contained in raw materials and the like, that is, means that the component is not intentionally contained. Specifically, it means that the content in a glass composition is less than 0.1 mol %.

Na₂O is a component forming a surface compressive stress layer by ion exchange and enhancing meltability of a glass.

In the case where a chemical strengthening treatment is conducted such that Li ions on a glass surface are substituted with Na ions and the CS₉₀ is 30 MPa or more, Na₂O may not be contained, but may be contained in the case of considering meltability of a glass as important. The content of Na₂O when contained is preferably 1% or more. The content of Na₂O is more preferably 2% or more, and still more preferably 3% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of Na₂O exceeds 8%, surface compressive stress formed by ion exchange is remarkably deteriorated. The content of Na₂O is preferably 8% or less, more preferably 7% or less, still more preferably 6% or less, particularly preferably 5% or less, and most preferably 4% or less.

On the other hand, in the case where a chemical strengthening treatment is conducted such that Na ions on a glass surface are substituted with K ions and the CS₉₀ is 30 MPa or more, Na is essential and its content is 5% or more. The content of Na₂O is preferably 5% or more, more preferably 7% or more, still more preferably 9% or more, particularly preferably 11% or more, and most preferably 12% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of Na₂O exceeds 20%, acid resistance of a glass is remarkably deteriorated. The content of Na₂O is preferably 20% or less, more preferably 18% or less, still more preferably 16% or less, particularly preferably 15% or less, and most preferably 14% or less.

In the case where Li ions and Na ions on the glass surface are simultaneously ion-exchanged with Na ions and K ions, respectively, by a method of, for example, dipping in a mixed molten salt of potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate, the content of Na₂O is preferably 10% or less, more preferably 9% of less, still more preferably 7% or less, particularly preferably 6% or less, and most preferably 5% or less. The content of N₂O is preferably 2% or more, more preferably 3% of more, and still more preferably 4% or more.

K₂O may be contained in order to, for example, enhance ion exchange performance. The content of K₂O when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, still more preferably 2% or more, and particularly preferably 3% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of K₂O exceeds 10%, breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass is deteriorated. Therefore, the content of K₂O is preferably 10% or less. The content of K₂O is more preferably 8% or less, still more preferably 6% or less, particularly preferably 4% or less, and most preferably 2% or less.

MgO is a component increasing surface compressive stress of the chemically strengthened glass and is a component improving breaking resistance. Therefore, it is preferably contained. The content of MgO when contained is preferably 3% or more, and is more preferably stepwise 4% or more, 5% or more, 6% or more, 7% or more, and 8% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of MgO exceeds 20%, the glass for chemical strengthening is easy to devitrify during melting. The content of MgO is preferably 20% or less, and is more preferably stepwise 18% or less, 15% or less, 14% or less, 13% or less, 12% or less, 11% or less, and 10% or less.

CaO is a component enhancing meltability of the glass for chemical strengthening and is a component improving breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass. Therefore, it may be contained. The content of CaO when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, still more preferably 2% or more, particularly preferably 3% or more, and most preferably 5% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of CaO exceeds 20%, ion exchange performance is remarkably deteriorated. Therefore, it is preferably 20% or less. The content of CaO is more preferably 14% or less, and still more preferably stepwise 10% or less, 8% or less, 6% or less, 3% or less, and 1% or less.

SrO is a component enhancing meltability of the glass for chemical strengthening and is a component improving breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass. Therefore, it may be contained. The content of SrO when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, still more preferably 2% or more, particularly preferably 3% or more, and most preferably 5% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of SrO exceeds 20%, ion exchange performance is remarkably deteriorated. Therefore, it is preferably 20% or less. The content of SrO is more preferably 14% or less, and still more preferably stepwise 10% or less, 8% or less, 6% or less, 3% or less, and 1% or less.

BaO is a component enhancing meltability of the glass for chemical strengthening and is a component improving breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass. Therefore, it may be contained. The content of BaO when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, still more preferably 2% or more, particularly preferably 3% or more, and most preferably 5% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of BaO exceeds 15%, ion exchange performance is remarkably deteriorated. Therefore, the content of BaO is preferably 15% or less, and more preferably stepwise 10% or less, 8% or less, 6% or less, 3% or less, and 1% or less.

ZnO is a component enhancing meltability of a glass, and may be contained. The content of ZnO when contained is preferably 0.25% or more, and more preferably 0.5% or more. In the case where the content of ZnO exceeds 10%, weather resistance of a glass is remarkably deteriorated. The content of ZnO is preferably 10% or less, more preferably 7% or less, still more preferably 5% or less, particularly preferably 2% or less, and most preferably 1% or less.

TiO₂ is a component improving breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass, and may be contained. The content of TiO₂ when contained is preferably 0.1% or more, more preferably 0.15% or more, and still more preferably 0.2% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of TiO₂ exceeds 5%, the chemically strengthened glass is easy to devitrify during melting, and the quality thereof may be deteriorated. The content of TiO₂ is preferably 1% or less, more preferably 0.5% or less, and still more preferably 0.25% or less.

ZrO₂ is a component increasing surface compressive stress by ion exchange and has the effect of improving breaking resistance of the glass for chemically strengthened glass. Therefore, it may be contained. The content of ZrO₂ when contained is preferably 0.5% or more, and more preferably 1% or more. On the other hand, in the case where the content of ZrO₂ exceeds 8%, the chemically strengthened glass is easy to devitrify during melting, and the quality thereof may be deteriorated. The content of ZrO₂ is preferably 8% or less, more preferably 6% or less, still more preferably 4% or less, particularly preferably 2% or less, and most preferably 1.2% or less.

Y₂O₃, La₂O₃ and Nb₂O₅ are components improving breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass, and may be contained. Each of the contents of those components when contained are preferably 0.5% or more, more preferably 1% or more, still more preferably 1.5% or more, particularly preferably 2% or more, and most preferably 2.5% or more. In the case where each of the contents of Y₂O₃, La₂O₃ and Nb₂O₅ exceed 8%, the glass is easy to devitrify during melting, and the quality of the chemically strengthened glass may be deteriorated. Each of the contents of Y₂O₃, La₂O₃ and Nb₂O₅ are preferably 8% or less, more preferably 6% or less, still more preferably 5% or less, particularly preferably 4% or less, and most preferably 3% or less.

Ta₂O₅ and Gd₂O₃ may be contained in small amounts in order to improve breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass, but they increase refractive index and reflectivity, and therefore, those are preferably 1% or less, and more preferably 0.5% or less, and it is still more preferred that those are not contained.

In coloring a glass and using it, a coloring component may be added in a range such that the achievement of the desired chemical strengthening property is not impaired. Preferred examples of the coloring component include Co₃O₄, MnO₂, Fe₂O₃, NiO, CuO, Cr₂O₃, V₂O₅, Bi₂O₃, SeO₂, TiO₂, CeO₂, Er₂O₃, and Nd₂O₃.

The total content of the coloring components is preferably a range of 7% or less in mole percentage on an oxide basis. When it exceeds 7%, a glass is easy to devitrify, which is not desirable. The content is preferably 5% or less, more preferably 3% or less, and still more preferably 1% or less. In the case of prioritize visible light transmittance of a glass, it is preferred that those components are not substantially contained.

SO₃, a chloride, a fluoride, and the like may be appropriately contained as a fining agent in melting a glass. It is preferred that As₂O₃ is not contained. When Sb₂O₃ is contained, it is preferably 0.3% or less, and more preferably 0.1% or less. Most preferably, it is not contained.

Antibacterial activity can be imparted to the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention by having silver ions on the surface thereof.

The glass for chemical strengthening has a fracture toughness value (K1c) of preferably 0.7 MPa·m^(1/2) or more, more preferably 0.75 MPa·m^(1/2) or more, still more preferably 0.77 MPa·m^(1/2) or more, particularly preferably 0.80 MPa·m^(1/2) or more, and most preferably 0.82 MPa·m^(1/2) or more. When the fracture toughness value (K1c) is 0.7 MPa·m″² more, the number of fragments of a glass when fractured can be effectively suppressed.

The fracture toughness value (K1c) in the present description is a fracture toughness value obtained by measuring K1-v curve by a DCDC method described in detail in the Examples described hereinafter.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention, it is preferred that an area St (MPa·μm) of an internal tensile layer is StL(t) (MPa·μm) or less. When the St is StL(t) or less, the number of fragments is reduced even though the glass is actually fractured.

In the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention, it is preferred that the internal tensile stress CT (MPa) is CTL(t) (MPa) or less. When the CT is CTL(t) or less, the number of fragments is reduced even though the glass is actually fractured.

In the present invention, it is preferred that Young's modulus of the glass for chemical strengthening is 70 GPa or more and additionally the difference between the compressive stress value (CS₀) on the outermost surface of the chemically strengthened glass and the compressive stress value (CS₁) of a portion at a depth of 1 μm from the glass surface is 50 MPa or less. This is preferred in that warp is difficult to be caused when a polishing treatment of a glass surface has been conducted after the chemical strengthening treatment.

Young's modulus of the glass for chemical strengthening is more preferably 74 GPa or more, particularly preferably 78 GPa or more, and still more preferably 82 GPa or more. The upper limit of the Young's modulus is not particularly limited, but is, for example, 90 GPa or less, and preferably 88 GPa or less. The Young's modulus can be measured by, for example, an ultrasonic pulse method.

The difference between CS₀ and CS₁ is preferably 50 MPa or less, more preferably 40 MPa or less, and still more preferably 30 MPa or less.

The CS₀ is preferably 300 MPa or more, more preferably 350 MPa or more, and still more preferably 400 MPa or more. On the other hand, the upper limit of the CS₀ is not particularly limited, but is, for example, 1200 MPa or less, preferably 1000 MPa or less, and more preferably 800 MPa or less.

The CS₁ is preferably 250 MPa or more, more preferably 300 MPa or more, and still more preferably 350 MPa or more. On the other hand, the upper limit of the CS₁ is not particularly limited, but is, for example, 1150 MPa or less, preferably 1100 MPa or less, and more preferably 1050 MPa or less.

The chemically strengthened glass of the present invention can be manufactured, for example, as follows.

A glass to be subjected to a chemical strengthening treatment is prepared. The glass to be subjected to a chemical strengthening treatment is preferably the glass for chemical strengthening of the present invention. The glass to be subjected to a chemical strengthening treatment can be produced by a conventional method. For example, raw materials for each component of a glass are mixed, and heated and melted in a glass melting furnace. Thereafter, the glass is homogenized by a conventional method, formed into a desired shape such as a glass sheet, and then annealed.

Examples of the forming method of a glass sheet include a float process, a press process, a fusion process, and a downdraw process. In particular, a float process suitable for mass production is preferred. A continuous forming method other than the float process, that is, a fusion process and a downdraw process, are also preferred.

The formed glass is subjected to grinding and polishing treatments as necessary to form a glass substrate. When the glass substrate is cut into desired shape and size and chamfering of a glass substrate is conducted, if the cutting and chamfering of the glass substrate are conducted before conducting the chemical strengthening treatment described hereinafter, a compressive stress layer is also formed at the edge of the glass substrate by the subsequent chemical strengthening treatment, and this is preferred.

After the glass sheet obtained has been subjected to the chemical strengthening treatment, cleaning and drying are performed. Thus, the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention can be manufactured.

The chemical strengthening treatment can be conducted by a conventional method. In the chemical strengthening treatment, a glass sheet is, by dipping or the like, brought into contact with a melt of a metal salt (for example, potassium nitrate) containing metal ions (typically, K ions) having large ionic radius, thereby metal ions (typically, Na ions or Li ions) having small ionic radium in the glass sheet are substituted with metal ions having large ionic radius.

The chemical strengthening treatment (ion exchange treatment) is not particularly limited, but, for example, can be conducted by dipping the glass sheet in a molten salt such as potassium nitrate heated to 360 to 600° C. for 0.1 to 500 hours. The heating temperature of the molten salt is preferably 375 to 500° C., and the dipping time of the glass sheet in the molten salt is preferably 0.3 to 200 hours.

Examples of the molten salt for conducting the chemical strengthening treatment include a nitrate, a sulfate, a carbonate, and a chloride. Examples of the nitrate include lithium nitrate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, cesium nitrate, and silver nitrate. Examples of the sulfate include lithium sulfate, sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, cesium sulfate, and silver sulfate. Examples of the carbonate include lithium carbonate, sodium carbonate and potassium carbonate. Examples of the chloride include lithium chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, cesium chloride, and silver chloride. Those molten salts may be used alone or may be used as combinations of two or more thereof.

In the present invention, the treatment conditions of the chemical strengthening treatment are not particularly limited, and suitable conditions are selected considering property and composition of a glass, the kind of a molten salt, and chemical strengthening properties such as surface compressive stress (CS) and a depth of a compressive stress layer (DOL), desired in the chemically strengthened glass finally obtained.

In the present invention, the chemical strengthening treatment may be conducted only one time, or plural chemical strengthening treatments (multistage strengthening) may be conducted under two or more different conditions. For example, when the chemical strengthening treatment is conducted as a first stage chemical strengthening treatment under the conditions that CS relatively decreases and the chemical strengthening treatment is then conducted as a second stage chemical strengthening treatment under the conditions that CS relatively increases, the internal tensile stress area (St) can be suppressed while increasing CS of the outermost surface of the chemically strengthened glass, and as a result, internal tensile stress (CS) can be suppressed low.

The chemically strengthened glass of the present invention is particularly useful as a cover glass used in mobile devices such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a portable digital assistant (PDA), and a tablet terminal. It is also useful as a cover glass of display devices that are not for the purpose of mobile, such as a television (TV), a personal computer (PC) and a touch panel, a wall surface of an elevator, a wall surface (whole surface display) of buildings such as a house and a building, a building material such as a widow glass, a table top, and an interior material of automobiles and airplanes, and a cover glass thereof, and in the uses as housings having a curved shape, not a sheet shape, by bending or forming.

Examples

The present invention is described below by reference to Examples, but the present invention is not construed as being limited to those. In each measurement result in the Tables, blank columns indicate “Unmeasured”.

(Manufacturing of Chemically Strengthened Glass)

Chemically strengthened glasses of Examples S-1 to S-13, S-15 to S-29 and S-31 to S-53 and glasses of Examples S-14 and S-30, shown in Tables 1 to 9 were manufactured as follows.

Regarding Examples S-1 to S-6, S-13 to S-23 and S-30 to S-33, glass sheets were prepared by a float furnace so as to have each glass composition in mole percentage on an oxide basis shown in the Tables. Glass raw materials generally used, such as an oxide, a hydroxide, a carbonate, and a nitrate, were appropriately selected, and melted in a melting furnace, followed by forming into a sheet having a sheet thickness t of 1.1 to 1.3 mm by a float process. The sheet glass obtained was cut and grinded, and the both surfaces thereof were mirror-polished to obtain a sheet-shaped glass having a size of 50 mm vertical×50 mm horizontal×sheet thickness t (mm). The sheet thickness t (mm) is shown in the Tables.

Regarding the glasses of Examples S-7 to S-12, S-24 to S-29 and S-34 to S-53, glass sheets were prepared by melting in a platinum crucible so as to have each glass composition in mole percentage on an oxide basis shown in the Tables. Glass raw materials generally used, such as an oxide, a hydroxide, a carbonate, and a nitrate, were appropriately selected, and weighed so as to be 1000 g as a glass. The mixed raw materials were placed in a platinum crucible, and placed in a resistance heating electric furnace of 1500 to 1700° C. to melt for about 3 hours, followed by defoaming and homogenizing. The molten glass obtained was poured into a mold material, maintained at a temperature of glass transition point+50° C. for 1 hour, and then cooled to room temperature in a rate of 0.5° C./min. Thus, a glass block was obtained. The glass block obtained was cut and grinded, and both surfaces thereof were finally mirror-finished to obtain a sheet-shaped glass having a size of 50 mm vertical×50 mm horizontal×sheet thickness t (mm). The sheet thickness t (mm) is shown in the Tables.

Each glass of Examples S-1 to S-13, S-15 to S-29 and S-31 to S-53 was subjected to a chemical strengthening treatment to obtain a chemically strengthened glass. Chemical strengthening treatment conditions of each glass are shown in the Tables.

The glasses of Examples S-14 and S-30 were not subjected to the chemical strengthening treatment.

Regarding each of the chemically strengthened glasses of Examples S-1 to S-13 and S-15 to S-27, surface compressive stress CS (unit: MPa), a thickness of a compressive stress layer DOL (unit: μm), internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa), a compressive stress value CS_(x) (unit: MPa) of the portion at a depth of x μm from a glass surface, the product CS_(x)×t² (unit: MPa·mm²) of a compressive stress value of the portion at a depth of x μm from a glass surface and the square of a sheet thickness t (mm), and a depth d_(h) (unit: μm) from a glass surface at which a compressive stress value is ½ of surface compressive stress were measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and an attachment program FsmV. Regarding Examples S-28 to S-29, S-31 to S-37, S-39, S-42, and S-44, CS, DOL, CT, CS_(x), CS_(x)×t², and d_(h) were measured by a method using birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM manufactured by Tokyo Instruments, Inc. and a thinned sample. Regarding S-38, S-40, S-41, S-43, and S-45 to S-53, CS was measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and DOL, CT, CS_(x), CS_(x)×t², and d_(h) were measured by a method using the above described Abrio-IM and a thinned sample. Those results are shown in the Tables.

In some Examples, Sc value (unit: MPa·μm), ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (unit: MPa/μm), CS_(DOL-20) (unit: MPa), and ΔCS_(DOL-20) (unit: MPa) are also shown.

Regarding each of Examples S-1 to S-53, X and Z values were calculated based on the composition of the glass. Regarding each chemically strengthened glass of Examples S-1 to S-13, 5-15 to S-29 and S-31 to S-53, X and Z values were calculated based on the glass composition (matrix composition of chemically strengthened glass) before the chemical strengthening treatment. Those results are shown in the Tables.

<Devitrification T>

A glass before chemical strengthening was pulverized, classified by using sieves of 4 mm mesh and 2 mm mesh, cleaned with pure water and dried to obtain cullet. 2 to 5 g of the cullet was placed on a platinum dish, held in an electric furnace maintained at constant temperature for 17 hours, taken out in the air at room temperature and cooled, and presence or absence of devitrification was observed with a polarizing microscope. This operation was repeated, and the devitrification temperature T was estimated. The results are shown in Table 1. In the expression that the devitrification temperature T is T1-T2, devitrification was present at T1 and devitrification was absent at T2.

<T4>

Regarding a glass before chemical strengthening, temperature T4 at which a viscosity reaches 10⁴ dPa·s was measured by a rotary viscometer (according to ASTM C 956-96). The results are shown in the Tables. The numerical value with * is a calculated value.

<Drop-On-Sand Test>

The chemically strengthened glasses of Examples S-1 to S-13, S-15 to S-29 and S-31 to S-45 and the glasses of Examples S-14 and S-30 were subjected to a drop-on-sand test by the following test method, and an average cracking height (unit: mm) was measured.

A schematic view illustrating the test method of a drop-on-sand test is shown in FIG. 3. In the following description regarding to the test method of a drop-on-sand test, the chemically strengthened glass is also described as a “glass”.

A glass 13 (50 mm×50 mm×sheet thickness t (mm)) was adhered to a hard nylon mock plate 11 (50 mm×50 mm×thickness 18 mm, weight: 54 g) through a sponge double-sided tape 12 (#2310 manufactured by Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., 50 mm×50 mm×thickness 3 mm) to prepare a measurement sample 1 (total weight: 61 g). 1 g of silica sand 22 (#5 Silica Sand, manufactured by Takeori Kogyo-Sho) was uniformly applied on SUS plate 21 having a size of 15 cm×15 cm, and the measurement sample 1 prepared was dropped from a predetermined height (drop height) on the SUS plate 21 having the silica sand 22 applied thereon such that the glass 13 faces down. The drop test was started from a drop height of 10 mm, and the height was lifted every 10 mm. The height at which the glass 13 had cracked was defined as a cracking height (unit: mm). The drop test was conducted 5 to 10 times in each Example, and an average value of those cracking heights in the drop test was defined as an average cracking height (unit: mm). Those results are shown in the Tables.

A graph plotting the relationship between DOL (unit: μm) and the average cracking height (unit: mm), of the chemically strengthened glasses or glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35 is shown in FIG. 4.

A graph plotting the relationship between CT (unit: MPa) and the average cracking height (unit: mm), of the chemically strengthened glasses or glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35 is shown in FIG. 5.

Regarding the Examples in which DOL is less than 50 μm of the chemically strengthened glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35, a graph plotting the relationship between CT (unit: MPa) and the average cracking height (unit: mm), of the glasses is shown in FIG. 6.

A graph plotting the relationship between surface compressive stress value CS (unit: MPa) and the average cracking height (unit: mm), of the chemically strengthened glasses or glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35 is shown in FIG. 7. A graph plotting the relationship between a compressive stress value CS₉₀ (unit: MPa) of the portion at a depth of 90 μm from the glass surface and the average cracking height (mm), of the chemically strengthened glasses or the glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35 is shown in FIG. 8. A graph plotting the relationship between a compressive stress value CS₁₀₀ (unit: MPa) of the portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface and the average cracking height (mm), of the chemically strengthened glasses or the glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35 is shown in FIG. 9.

A graph plotting the relationship between the product (CS₁₀₀×t²) (unit: MPa·mm²) of the compressive stress value CS₁₀₀ (unit: MPa) of the portion at a depth of 100 μm from the glass surface and the square of a sheet thickness t (mm) and the average cracking height (mm), of the chemically strengthened glasses or the glasses of Examples S-1 to S-35 is shown in FIG. 10.

TABLE 1 No. Ex. S-1 Ex. S-2 Ex. S-3 Ex. S-4 Ex. S-5 Ex. S-6 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.55 0.558 0.558 0.558 0.558 0.558 Composition SiO₂ 67.58 67.58 67.58 67.58 67.58 67.58 component Al₂O₃ 10.08 10.08 10.08 10.08 10.08 10.08 (mol %) B₂O₃ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P₂O₅ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Li₂O Na₂O 14.17 14.17 14.17 14.17 14.17 14.17 K₂O 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 MgO 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.01 CaO 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 SrO 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 100 X value 40738 40738 40738 40738 40738 40738 Z value 27245 27245 27245 27245 27245 27245 T (° C.) 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 T4 (° C.) 1263 1263 1263 1263 1263 1263 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 100 100 100 100 50 40 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 50 60 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 425 550 450 500 450 450 conditions Strengthening time (h) 4 19 133 40 270 340 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 80 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 20 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 450 conditions Strengthening time (h) 4 Strengthening CS (MPa) 1014.0 259.5 586.1 376.1 153.7 408.4 profile DOL (μm) 27.7 142.5 109.0 123.3 111.4 104.8 CT (MPa) 56.8 211.6 223.8 203.7 59.3 88.0 d_(h) (μm) 76 50 58 53 17 Sc value 38911 61103 44740 16568 22306 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) 46.7 −44.5 8.6 −9.9 −15.4 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) 66.5 −4.2 35.5 1.6 −4.2 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 85.9 39.2 63.3 13.7 9.1 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 104.7 85.4 92.0 26.3 20.0 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 176.0 294.1 214.0 80.7 69.9 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 209.8 408.5 278.1 109.5 118.7 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 14.5 −13.8 2.7 −3.1 −4.8 CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 20.7 −1.3 11.1 0.5 −1.3 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 26.7 12.2 19.7 4.3 2.8 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 32.6 26.6 28.7 8.2 6.2 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 54.8 91.6 66.6 25.1 21.8 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 65.3 127.2 86.6 34.1 37.0 Average value of cracking height in drop-on- 104.0 432.5 420.0 541.0 228.0 270.0 sand test (mm) ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 1.88 4.63 2.87 1.26 1.08

TABLE 2 No. Ex. S-7 Ex. S-8 Ex. S-9 Ex. S-10 Ex. S-11 Ex. S-12 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.8 0.8 0.8 Composition SiO₂ 68 68 68 68 68 68 component Al₂O₃ 10 10 10 10 10 10 (mol %) B₂O₃ P₂O₅ Li₂O Na₂O 8 8 8 8 8 8 K₂O MgO 14 14 14 14 14 14 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ SUM 100 100 100 100 100 100 X value 47832 47832 47832 47832 47832 47832 Z value 30950 30950 30950 30950 30950 30950 T (° C.) 1400 or 1400 or 1400 or 1400 or 1400 or 1400 or higher higher higher higher higher higher T4 (° C.) *1312 *1312 *1312 *1312 *1312 *1312 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 80 80 80 80 80 80 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 20 20 20 20 20 20 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 500 500 500 500 500 500 conditions Strengthening time (h) 578 578 578 578 578 578 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 100 100 100 100 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 500 500 500 500 conditions Strengthening time (h) 1 3 1 3 Strengthening CS (MPa) 334.6 600.0 588.6 294.1 600.0 647.2 profile DOL (μm) 110.7 112.0 113.6 127.0 130.0 139.8 CT (MPa) 136.4 163.1 70.5 113.1 d_(h) (μm) 64 19 56 22 Sc value CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) −21.6 −12.2 11.6 37.3 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) 1.6 7.0 29.5 57.4 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 26.4 26.8 48.9 78.2 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 52.6 47.2 69.6 99.7 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 170.2 134.5 162.9 191.9 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 234.5 206.9 214.2 263.5 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) −6.5 −3.7 7.4 23.9 CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 0.5 2.1 18.9 36.7 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 8.0 8.1 31.3 50.0 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 15.9 14.3 44.5 63.8 CS ®DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 51.5 40.7 104.2 122.8 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 70.9 62.6 137.1 168.6 Average value of cracking height in drop-on- 438.0 480.0 576.7 532.0 485.0 600.0 sand test (mm) ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 2.63 2.04 2.07 2.15

TABLE 3 No. Ex. S-13 Ex. S-14 Ex. S-15 Ex. S-16 Ex. S-17 Ex. S-18 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.78 0.825 0.825 0.825 0.825 0.809 Composition SiO₂ 67.58 67.58 67.58 67.58 67.58 67.58 component Al₂O₃ 10.08 10.08 10.08 10.08 10.08 10.08 (mol %) B₂O₃ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 P₂O₅ 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Li₂O Na₂O 14.17 14.17 14.17 14.17 14.17 14.17 K₂O 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 MgO 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.01 8.01 CaO 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 SrO 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 100 X value 40738 40738 40738 40738 40738 40738 Z value 27245 27245 27245 27245 27245 27245 T (° C.) 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 1210-1220 T4 (° C.) 1263 1263 1263 1263 1263 1263 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 50 No strengthening 100 100 100 70 chemical treatment strengthening NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 50 No strengthening 30 conditions treatment Strengthening temperature (° C.) 450 450 450 450 450 Strengthening time (h) 270 4 hr 6 hr 159 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) conditions Strengthening time (h) Strengthening CS (MPa) 208.0 0.0 957.3 920.0 602.8 319.3 profile DOL (μm) 118.1 0.0 34.6 46.9 145.5 130.4 CT (MPa) 67.5 0.0 34.5 59.0 177.3 78.7 d_(h) (μm) 59 16 67 62 Sc value 34238 31334 82538 38312 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) −2.4 0.0 0.0 86.6 12.1 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) 7.4 0.0 0.0 123.7 35.8 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 32.5 0.0 0.0 162.3 59.9 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 48.0 0.0 0.0 202.4 81.6 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 121.8 0.0 0.0 373.8 193.4 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 158.4 0.0 104.2 464.3 251.3 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) −1.5 0.0 0.0 58.9 7.9 CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 4.5 0.0 0.0 84.2 23.4 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 19.8 0.0 0.0 110.5 39.2 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 29.2 0.0 0.0 137.7 53.4 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 74.1 0.0 0.0 254.4 126.6 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 96.3 0.0 70.9 316.0 164.5 Average value of cracking height in drop-on- 422.5 139.0 129.0 91.0 449.0 426.0 sand test (mm) Number of fragments having size of 25 mm × 25 mm ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 1.55 4.00 2.17

TABLE 4 No. Ex. S-19 Ex. S-20 Ex. S-21 Ex. S-22 Ex. S-23 Ex. S-24 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.979 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.8 Composition SiO₂ 67.58 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.48 component Al₂O₃ 10.08 8 8 8 8 14.38 (mol %) B₂O₃ 0.00 5.06 P₂O₅ 0.00 Li₂O Na₂O 14.17 12.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 13.7 K₂O 0.05 4 4 4 4 0.01 MgO 8.01 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.5 2.31 CaO 0.06 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.04 SrO 0.01 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 BaO 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 0.04 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 99.98 X value 40738 39224 Z value 27245 26120 T (° C.) 1210-1220 1154 or lower 1154 or lower 1154 or lower 1154 or lower T4 (° C.) 1263 1176 1176 1176 1176 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 50 100 100 100 100 100 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 50 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 450 450 450 450 450 450 conditions Strengthening time (h) 217 3 hr Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) conditions Strengthening time (h) Strengthening CS (MPa) 216.0 401.4 322.7 631.4 600.0 1025.0 profile DOL (μm) 124.5 90.7 117.2 95.9 150.0 25.5 CT (MPa) 35.8 54.3 82.3 107.1 200.0 34.9 d_(h) (μm) 55 29 53 38 Sc value 24747 26914 35176 51737 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) 5.2 −45.1 −5.7 −72.9 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) 17.8 −34.0 14.9 −45.3 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 31.7 −18.5 37.1 −14.4 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 46.9 1.3 60.8 21.4 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 116.7 118.8 169.0 231.3 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 155.5 195.3 229.0 377.7 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 4.9 −25.4 −3.2 −41.0 CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 17.1 −19.1 8.4 −25.5 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 30.4 −10.4 20.9 −8.1 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 44.9 0.7 34.2 12.0 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 111.8 66.8 95.1 130.1 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 149.0 109.9 128.8 212.5 Average value of cracking height in drop-on- 401.0 172.0 370.0 203.0 390.0 94.0 sand test (mm) Number of fragments having size of 25 mm × 25 mm 2 ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 1.51 1.98 2.38 3.57

TABLE 5 No. Ex. S-25 Ex. S-26 Ex. S-27 Ex. S-28 Ex. S-29 Ex. S-30 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.8 0.817 0.843 0.6 0.6 1.1 Composition SiO₂ 64.48 56.12 56.12 70 70 64.5 component Al₂O₃ 14.38 17.18 17.18 6 6 12 (mol %) B₂O₃ 5.06 0 0 0 P₂O₅ 6.84 6.84 Li₂O 16 16 12.8 Na₂O 13.7 16.77 16.77 4 4 5.5 K₂O 0.01 0.30 0.30 0 0 3.4 MgO 2.31 2.66 2.66 2 2 0 CaO 0.04 0 0 0 SrO 0 0 0 BaO 0 0 0 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 2 2 1.8 SUM 99.98 99.88 99.88 100 100 100 X value 39224 29493 29493 45332 45332 41611 Z value 26120 19516 19516 30859 30859 28306 T (° C.) 1000 or lower 1000 or lower 1000-1050 T4 (° C.) 1037 1037 1063 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 80 99.5 50 No strengthening chemical treatment strengthening NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 20 0.5 50 100 100 No strengthening conditions treatment Strengthening temperature (° C.) 450 400 450 Strengthening time (h) 230 hr 2 20 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 96 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 400 conditions Strengthening time (h) 0.33 Strengthening CS (MPa) 430 1000 887 360 300 0 profile DOL (μm) 139 21 94.3 102 150 0 CT (MPa) 133.0 27.1 45.0 d_(h) (μm) 70 7 Sc value 62383 28077 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) 74.8 −37.5 0 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) 100.3 −24.0 0 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 94.8 −9.2 0 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 156.9 7.4 0 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 263.9 96.6 0 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 343.0 154.4 0 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 47.9 −26.6 0 CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 64.2 −17.1 0 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 60.7 −6.6 0 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 100.4 5.2 0 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 168.9 68.6 0 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 219.5 109.7 0 Average value of cracking height in drop-on- 514.0 136.0 150.0 129.0 436.0 158.0 sand test (mm) ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 6.21 1.66 CS_(DOL-20) (MPa) 34.3 ΔCS_(DOL-20) (MPa/μm) 1.72

TABLE 6 No. Ex. S-31 Ex. S-32 Ex. S-33 Ex. S-34 Ex. S-35 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 Composition SiO₂ 64.5 64.5 64.5 65.67 65.67 component Al₂O₃ 12 12 12 11.67 11.67 (mol %) B₂O₃ 0 0 0 0.41 0.41 P₂O₅ Li₂O 12.8 12.8 12.8 10.69 10.69 Na₂O 5.5 5.5 5.5 9.60 9.60 K₂O 3.4 3.4 3.4 0.07 0.07 MgO 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CaO 0 0 0 0.83 0.83 SrO 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 BaO 0 0 0 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.07 1.07 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 X value 41611 41611 41611 42387 42387 Z value 28306 28306 28306 28937 28937 T (° C.) 1000-1050 1000-1050 1000-1050 T4 (° C.) 1063 1063 1063 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 95 95 95 95 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 100 5 5 5 5 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 425 380 380 380 380 conditions Strengthening time (h) 6 8 15 8 15 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) conditions Strengthening time (h) Strengthening CS (MPa) 300 432.0 339.4 457.4 452.6 profile DOL (μm) 150 100.7 129.5 116.6 118.6 CT (MPa) 34.3 41.5 55.5 50.4 d_(h) (μm) 6.5 13.5 4 4.5 Sc value CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) −12.6 4.4 −4.5 −2.9 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) −8.4 12.1 4.3 3.9 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 4.2 18.1 11.1 11.8 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 9.4 27.8 18.5 17.7 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 56.8 67.3 59.7 45.9 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 92.0 90.2 84.2 59.0 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) −8.1 2.8 −1.6 −1.1 CS@DOL 110 μm* (t{circumflex over ( )}2) −5.4 7.8 1.6 1.4 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 2.7 11.6 4.0 4.2 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 6.0 17.8 6.6 6.4 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 36.4 43.1 21.5 16.5 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 58.9 57.7 30.3 21.2 Average value of cracking height in drop-on- 548.0 256.0 222.0 232.0 204.0 sand test (mm) ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 0.52 0.97 0.74 0.59 CS_(DOL-20) (MPa) 18.6 14.1 13.9 12.7 ΔCS_(DOL-20) (MPa/μm) 0.93 0.70 0.70 0.64

TABLE 7 No. Ex. S-36 Ex. S-37 Ex. S-38 Ex. S-39 Ex. S-40 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Composition SiO₂ 70 70 70 70 70 component Al₂O₃ 10 10 10 10 10 (mol %) B₂O₃ P₂O₅ Li₂O 10 10 10 10 10 Na₂O 3 3 3 3 3 K₂O 1 1 1 1 1 MgO 5 5 5 5 5 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 1 1.00 1.00 1 1 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 X value 46133 46133 46133 46133 46133 Z value 30766 30766 30766 30766 30766 T (° C.) 1194-1200 1194-1200 1194-1200 1194-1200 1194-1200 T4 (° C.) 1211 1211 1211 1211 1211 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 100 98 98 98 96.5 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 2 2 2 3.5 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 450 400 450 450 450 conditions Strengthening time (h) 6 6 6 6 6 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 100 100 100 100 100 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 425 425 425 425 425 conditions Strengthening time (h) 5 1 3 3.25 2.5 Strengthening CS (MPa) 416 298 537 310 484 profile DOL (μm) 124 115 127 124 130 CT (MPa) −61 −69 −61 −73 −77 d_(h) (μm) Sc value 31703 34235 27916 32402 32098 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 22.8 16.5 23.5 26.0 29.2 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 36.9 28.9 31.8 38.4 40.0 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 14.6 10.5 15.0 16.7 18.7 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 23.6 18.5 20.4 24.6 25.6 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) Average value of cracking height in drop-on-sand test (mm) 488.0 413.0 460.0 478.0 496.7 Number of fragments having size of 25 mm × 25 mm 4 2 2 12 6 ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 1.41 1.25 0.83 1.24 1.08 CS_(DOL-20) (MPa) 21.4 25.0 17.3 20.5 16.4 ΔCS_(DOL-20) (MPa/μm) 1.07 1.25 0.86 1.02 0.82

TABLE 8 No. Ex. S-41 Ex. S-42 Ex. S-43 Ex. S-44 Ex. S-45 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Composition SiO₂ 70 70 70 70 70 component Al₂O₃ 10 10 10 10 10 (mol %) B₂O₃ P₂O₅ Li₂O 10 10 10 10 10 Na₂O 3 3 3 3 3 K₂O 1 1 1 1 1 MgO 5 5 5 5 5 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 1 1 1 1 1.00 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 X value 46133 46133 46133 46133 46133 Z value 30766 30766 30766 30766 30766 T (° C.) 1194-1200 1194-1200 1194-1200 1194-1200 1194-1200 T4 (° C.) 1211 1211 1211 1211 1211 First stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 95 95 92.5 90 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 5 100 5 7.5 10 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 450 425 450 450 450 conditions Strengthening time (h) 6 1.5 7.5 2.5 1.5 Second stage KNO₃ concentration (wt %) 95 chemical NaNO₃ concentration (wt %) 100 5 strengthening Strengthening temperature (° C.) 425 450 conditions Strengthening time (h) 2 6 Strengthening CS (MPa) 554 469 691 715 profile DOL (μm) 149 173 164 129 120 CT (MPa) −83 −77 −44 −73 −55 d_(h) (μm) Sc value 38570 29319 18731 34849 33479 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 41.0 51.7 37.8 34.2 27.0 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 52.3 55.3 42.0 47.6 42.0 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 26.2 33.1 24.2 21.9 17.3 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 33.5 35.4 26.9 30.5 26.9 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) Average value of cracking height in drop-on-sand test (mm) 509.0 360.0 456.0 313.0 406.0 Number of fragments having size of 25 mm × 25 mm 322 2 2 6 2 ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 1.14 0.36 0.42 1.34 1.50 CS_(DOL-20) (MPa) 17.2 10.6 14.6 23.0 27.0 ΔCS_(DOL-20) (MPa/μm) 0.86 0.53 0.73 1.15 1.35

TABLE 9 No. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. S-46 S-47 S-48 S-49 S-50 S-51 S-52 S-53 Sample sheet thickness (mm) 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 Compo- SiO₂ 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 sition Al₂O₃ 9 9 9 9 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 compo- B₂O₃ nent P₂O₅ (mol %) Li₂O 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.5 8 8 8 8 Na₂O 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 K₂O 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 MgO 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 CaO 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 ZrO₂ 1 1.00 1.00 1 1 1 1 1 SUM 100.04 100.04 100.04 100.04 100.04 100.04 100.04 100.04 X value 45856 45856 45856 45856 45114 45114 45114 45114 Z value 30462 30462 30462 30462 29915 29915 29915 29915 T (° C.) 1116- 1116- 1116- 1116- 1090- 1090- 1090- 1090- 1130 1130 1130 1130 1100 1100 1100 1100 T4 (° C.) 1163 1163 1163 1163 1159 1159 1159 1159 First stage KNO₃ concentration chemical (wt %) strength- NaNO₃ concentration 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ening (wt %) conditions Strengthening temper- 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 ature (° C.) Strengthening time (h) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Second stage KNO₃ concentration 100 99 98 95 100 99 98 95 chemical (wt %) strength- NaNO₃ concentration 1 2 5 1 2 5 ening (wt %) Strengthening temper- 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 ature (° C.) conditions Strengthening time (h) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Strength- CS (MPa) 910 862 859 792 885 851 821 749 ening DOL (μm) 149 143 147 142 134 139 135 132 profile CT (MPa) 56 63 57 67 48 49 49 53 d_(h) (μm) Sc value 23020 29456 24529 32824 19597 20477 20660 24574 CS@DOL 120 μm (MPa) 22.1 25.3 22.0 21.0 9.5 10.7 12.0 11.1 CS@DOL 110 μm (MPa) 29.9 32.7 30.0 33.6 16.7 19.1 17.6 19.3 CS@DOL 100 μm (MPa) 39.5 43.9 41.3 48.1 23.6 27.3 27.6 29.3 CS@DOL 90 μm (MPa) 46.9 54.2 49.8 60.3 31.2 35.5 37.6 38.7 CS@DOL 50 μm (MPa) 79.0 101.5 84.4 119.0 59.7 67.6 74.8 89.8 CS@DOL 30 μm (MPa) 88.3 121.7 94.3 152.1 68.8 77.5 91.0 119.3 CS@DOL 120 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 14.2 16.2 14.1 13.5 6.1 6.9 7.7 7.1 CS@DOL 110 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 19.1 20.9 19.2 21.5 10.7 12.2 11.3 12.4 CS@DOL 100 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 25.3 28.1 26.4 30.8 15.1 17.5 17.7 18.7 CS@DOL 90 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 30.0 34.7 31.9 38.6 19.9 22.7 24.1 24.7 CS@DOL 50 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 50.6 65.0 54.0 76.1 38.2 43.3 47.9 57.4 CS@DOL 30 μm*(t{circumflex over ( )}2) 56.5 77.9 60.3 97.3 44.1 49.6 58.3 76.4 Average value of cracking height in drop-on-sand test (mm) Number of fragments having size of 25 mm × 25 mm 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 ΔCS₁₀₀₋₉₀ (MPa/μm) 0.74 1.03 0.85 1.22 0.76 0.82 1.00 0.94 CS_(DOL-20) (MPa) 13.8 19.6 15.3 19.0 13.6 13.5 15.1 17.6 ΔCS_(DOL-20) (MPa/μm) 0.69 0.98 0.77 0.95 0.68 0.68 0.76 0.88

It is understood from the results of Tables 1 to 9 and FIGS. 4 to 6 that in the region in the vicinity of 0 to 50 μm of DOL, the average cracking height tends to slightly decrease as the DOL increases. Furthermore, it is understood that in the region of less than 50 μm of DOL, the average cracking height tends to decrease as CT increases. On the other hand, it is understood that in the Examples of 100 μm or more of DOL, the average cracking height tends to increase.

It is understood from FIGS. 7 to 9 that the average cracking height has small correlation with CS and has high correlation with internal compressive stresses CS₉₀ and CS₁₀₀. It is understood that when CS₉₀ and CS₁₀₀ exceed 30 MPa and 20 MPa, respectively, the average cracking height is about 300 mm or more, and great improvement of strength can be achieved.

It is understood from FIG. 10 that the average cracking height has high correlation with CS₁₀₀×t². It is understood that when CS₁₀₀×t² exceeds 5 MPa·mm², the average cracking height is about 300 mm or more, and great improvement of strength can be achieved.

<Indentation Fracture Test>

The chemically strengthened glasses of Example S-19 and Examples S-36 to S-53 each having a size of 25 mm×25 mm×sheet thickness t (mm) were fractured by an indentation fracture test in which a load of 3 to 10 kgf was maintained for 15 seconds, using a diamond indenter having an indenter angle 60° of a facing angle, and the number of fragments of each chemically strengthened glass after fracture was counted. Those results are shown in Table 4 and Tables 7 to 9.

<Four-Point Bending Test after Forming Flaws or without Forming Flaws>

A glass sheet having the same glass composition as in Example S-1 and having a thickness of 1.1 to 1.3 mm was prepared by a float process under the same conditions as in Example S-1. The sheet glass obtained was cut and grinded, and both surfaces thereof were finally mirror-polished to obtain a sheet-shaped glass having a size of 5 mm vertical 40 mm horizontal×1.1 mm thickness. Thereafter, a chemical strengthening treatment was conducted under each chemical strengthening condition shown in the column of Examples 4PB-1 to 4PB-6 in Table 10, and each chemically strengthened glass of Examples 4PB-1 to 4PB-6 was manufactured.

A glass block having the same glass composition as in Example S-7 was prepared by melting in a platinum crucible under the same conditions as in Example S-7. The glass block obtained was cut and grinded, and both surfaces thereof were finally mirror-polished to obtain a sheet-shaped glass having a size of 5 mm vertical×40 mm horizontal×0.8 mm thickness. Thereafter, a chemical strengthening treatment was conducted under each chemical strengthening condition shown in the column of Examples 4PB-7 to 4PB-9 in Table 10 below, and each chemically strengthened glass of Examples 4PB-7 to 4PB-9 was manufactured.

The strengthening temperature (unit: ° C.) in Table 10 is a temperature of a molten salt during the chemical strengthening treatment. Furthermore, the salt concentration means the proportion of KNO₃ in a weight basis in the molten salt used in the chemical strengthening treatment=(KNO₃/(KNO₃+Na₂O))×100 (unit: %). Furthermore, the strengthening time shows a dipping time (unit: hour) of a glass in a molten salt.

Regarding each chemically strengthened glass of Examples 4PB-1 to 4PB-9, surface compressive stress (CS, unit: MPa) and a thickness of the compressive stress layer (DOL, unit: μm) were measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and an attachment program FsmV. Furthermore, the internal tensile stress (CT, unit: MPa) was calculated based on CS and DOL obtained. Those results are shown in Table 10 and Table 11.

TABLE 10 Strength- Salt Strength- Strength- Salt Strength- Sheet ening concen- ening ening concen- ening No. thickness temperature 1 tration 1 time 1 temperature 2 tration 2 time 2 CS DOL CT d_(h) Ex. 4PB-1 1.0 550 80 18 239 138 66.7 Ex. 4PB-2 1.0 550 100 13 352 127 82.9 Ex. 4PB-3 1.0 550 80 37 185 162 71.6 Ex. 4PB-4 1.0 500 100 40 475 153 161 Ex. 4PB-5 1.0 450 50 4 270 26 9.8 13 Ex. 4PB-6 1.0 550 80 6 320 91 43.9 Ex. 4PB-7 0.8 500 80 578 294 127 70 56 Ex. 4PB-8 0.8 500 80 578 500 100 1 655 124 86 13.5 Ex. 4PB-9 0.8 500 80 578 500 100 3 647 140 113 22

A diamond indenter (indenter angle of facing angle: 110°) was pressed to each chemically strengthened glass of Examples 4PB-1 to 4PB-9 under a load of 0.5 Kgf, 1 Kgf, 1.5 Kgf, or 2 Kgf for 15 seconds to form flaws on the glass surface. A four-point bending test was then conducted under the conditions of lower span: 30 mm, upper span: 10 mm and crosshead speed: 0.5 mm/min, and fracture stress (MPa) under each flaw forming condition was measured. Fracture stress values (bending strength, unit: MPa) when the four-point bending test was conducted without forming flaws and under each indentation load of an indenter are shown in Table 11 and FIG. 11. In FIG. 11, (a) to (i) show the test results of the chemically strengthened glasses of Examples 4PB-1 to 4PB-9, respectively.

TABLE 11 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. 4PB-1 4PB-2 4PB-3 4PB-4 4PB-5 4PB-6 4PB-7 4PB-8 4PB-9 CS 239 352 185 475 270 320 294 655 647 DOL 138 127 162 153 26 91 127 124 140 CT 66.7 82.9 71.6 160.5 9.8 43.9 70 86 113 d_(h) 13 56.0 13.5 22.0 Bending strength without forming flaws MPa 254 465 223 654 526 400 346 646 653 Bending strength when flaws are formed under 253 450 222 634 86 403 340 459 616 0.5 kgf MPa Bending strength when flaws are formed under 257 493 221 624 69 301 339 335 344 1 kgf MPa Bending strength when flaws are formed under 254 480 222 613 52 0 311 281 330 2 kgf MPa

A graph plotting the relationship between fracture strength without forming flaws and CS is shown in FIG. 12. It is understood from FIG. 12 that when CS is 300 MPa or more, fracture strength without forming flaws can achieve 350 MPa or more. When a smart phone or a tablet PC has been dropped, tensile stress is generated on the surface of a cover glass, and its magnitude reaches about 350 MPa. Therefore, CS is desirably 300 MPa or more. A graph plotting the relationship between fracture strength when flaws are formed under 2 kgf of Examples 4PB-1 to 4-PB-9 and DOL is shown in FIG. 13. In the chemically strengthened glass having DOL of 100 μm or more, fracture strength is 200 MPa or more even after forming flaws under 2 kgf by a diamond indenter (indenter angle of facing angle: 110°), higher fracture strength is maintained even after forming flaws under larger load, and it is shown to have high reliability as a cover glass even having flaws. DOL is preferably 100 μm or more, more preferably 110 μm or more, still more preferably 120 μm or more, and particularly preferably 130 μm or more.

It is understood from the above results that when CS₉₀, CS₁₀₀ and CS₁₀₀×t² are more than 30 MPa, more than 20 MPa and more than 5 MPa·mm², respectively, apparent strength improvement to a drop-on-sand test can be achieved. Furthermore, it is understood that when CS₉₀, CS₁₀₀ and CS₁₀₀×t² are more than 50 MPa, more than 30 MPa and more than 7 MPa·mm², respectively, great strength improvement to a drop-on-sand test can be achieved. Furthermore, it is understood that when CS exceeds 300 MPa, fracture strength sufficiently exceeds 350 MPa and sufficient fracture strength can be achieved as a cover glass.

Stress profile of virtual chemically strengthened glass having a sheet thickness of 1 mm is shown in FIG. 14. CS, DOL, CT, Sc, and St of each of the profiles are shown in Table 12. The strengthening profile of FIG. 14 and Table 12 is prepared by the following formula.

F(x)=α+ERFC(β×x)−CT

x is a depth from a glass surface, the function ERFC (c) is a complementary error function. Values of constants α and β are shown in Table 12.

TABLE 12 Area St of Area Sc of internal compressive tensile stress CS DOL CT CS₉₀ CS₁₀₀ stress layer layer α β MPa μm MPa MPa MPa MPa · μm MPa · μm Profile 1 344 0.009 300 120 43.6 43.1 26.3 30000 30200 Profile 2 398 0.0096 350 115 47.1 41.1 22.3 33300 33400 Profile 3 458 0.0091 400 119 57.6 55.5 33.2 39600 40000 Profile 4 511 0.0095 450 116 60.9 54.9 30.7 43100 42900

It is anticipated from the above results that the chemically strengthened glasses having those profiles achieve high strength to the drop-on-sand test and edge bending. It is anticipated that the chemically strengthened glass having introduced higher CS value and higher CS₉₀ and CS₁₀₀ values has higher strength and it is understood from Table 12 that Sc value of the chemically strengthened glass of the present invention is about 30000 MPa·μm or more. In this case, St value is the same value as Sc value as described before. If fracture should occur, it is desirable that a glass is safely broken, and to achieve this, it is desirable that St Limit value described hereinafter is higher value.

<Relationship Between X, Y and Z Values and the Number of Fragments of Glass>

To evaluate the relationship between the glass composition and the breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass, chemically strengthened glasses having various St values were prepared under various chemical strengthening conditions, and the relationship between the number of fragments when fractured and St value was investigated. Specifically, glasses having a size of 25 mm×25 mm×thickness t (mm) were subjected to the chemical strengthening treatment under various chemical strengthening conditions such that the internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) changes, and the chemically strengthened glasses having various internal tensile stress areas (St, unit: MPa·μm) were prepared. The internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) when the number of fragments was 10 was defined as St Limit value, and the internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa) when the number of fragments was 10 was defined as CT Limit value. In the case where the number of fragments crosses over 10, St Limit value was defined by the following formula by using Stn value that is St value of the maximum number n of fragments becoming less than 10 and Stm value that is St value of the minimum number m of fragments becoming more than 10.

St Limit value=Stn+(10−n)×(Stm−Stn)/(m−n)

In the case where the number of fragments crosses over 10, CT Limit value was defined by the following formula by using CTn value that is CT value of the maximum number n of fragments becoming less than 10 and CTm value that is CT value of the minimum number m of fragments becoming more than 10.

CT Limit value=CTn+(10−n)×(CTm−CTn)/(m−n)

The St value and CT value are defined as follows by using values St_(F) and CT_(F) measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and analyzed by an attachment program FsmV or St_(A) and CT_(A) obtained by measuring using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM and a thinned sample.

St=St _(F)=1.515×St _(A)

CT=CT _(F)=1.28×CT _(A)

Here, CT_(F) is a value equal to a value CT_CV analyzed by FsmV.

Measurement examples when t is 1 mm are shown in FIG. 15 and Table 13. FIG. 15 shows the measurement example of St Limit and CT Limit, in which (a) is a graph showing the relationship between the area St (MPa·μm) of the internal tensile stress layer when the sheet thickness (t) is 1 mm and the number of fragments, and (b) is an enlarged view of the portion surrounded by a dotted line in (a). (c) is a graph showing the relationship between the internal tensile stress CT (MPa) when the sheet thickness (t) is 1 mm and the number of fragments, and (d) is an enlarged view of the portion surrounded by a dotted line in (c). StL10 in (b) and CTL10 in (d) show the internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) and internal tensile tress (CT, unit: MPa), when the number of fragments is 10, respectively.

TABLE 13 Area of internal tensile stress Molten Concentration Temperature Time layer St Number of salt (%) (° C.) (h) t/μm CS/MPa DOL/μm CT/MPa MPa · μm fragments KNO₃ 100 450 4.00 1010 957.3 34.6 33.1 31129 2 KNO₃ 100 450 7.17 1010 904.3 48.0 41.3 37524 2 KNO₃ 100 450 7.58 1010 915.0 48.5 42.7 38775 7 KNO₃ 100 450 8.00 1010 905.1 50.2 43.6 39432 8 KNO₃ 100 450 8.00 1020 901.6 52.7 45.7 41460 11 KNO₃ 100 450 9.00 1020 889.2 54.7 48.0 43398 27 KNO₃ 100 450 10.00 1020 880.0 52.5 50.2 45312 83

Glasses having larger St Limit value and CT Limit value are glasses having improved breaking resistance. The St Limit value and CT Limit value are an index showing the degree of breaking resistance, and do not specify an allowable limit of breaking mode.

St Limit value was obtained in the same manner as described above. It is shown in Tables 14 and 15.

Regarding glasses before chemical strengthening, the results of Young's modulus E (unit: GPa) and a fracture toughness value K1c (unit: MPa·m^(1/2)) measured by DCDC method are also shown in Tables 14 and 15.

The Young's modulus E was measured by an ultrasonic pulse method (JIS R1602).

The fracture toughness value was obtained as follows. K1-v curve showing the relationship between a stress intensity factor K1 (unit: MPa·m^(1/2)) and a crack growth rate v (unit: m/s), as shown in FIG. 17 was measured by using a sample having a shape shown in FIG. 16 and Tensilon UTA-5 kN manufactured by Orientec according to DCDC method by reference to the method described in M. Y He, M. R. Turner and A. G Evans, Acta Metall. Mater. 43 (1995) 3453, the data of Region III obtained were recurred by a linear equation and extrapolated, and the stress intensity factor K1 of 0.1 m/s was defined as a fracture toughness value K1c.

Regarding each of Examples CT-1 to CT-27, X, Y and Z values were calculated form the following formula based on the composition of the glass before chemical strengthening (matrix composition of chemically strengthened glass). Those results are shown in Tables 14 and 15.

X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8

Y=SiO₂×0.00884+Al₂O₃×0.0120+B₂O₃×(−0.00373)+P₂O₅×0.000681+Li₂O×0.007 35+Na₂O×(−0.00234)+K₂O×(−0.00608)+MgO×0.0105+CaO×0.00789+SrO×0.00752+BaO×0.00472+ZrO₂×0.0202

Z=SiO₂×237+Al₂O₃×524+B₂O₃×228+P₂O₅×(−756)+Li₂O×538+Na₂O×44.2+K₂O×(−387)+MgO×660+CaO×569+SrO×291+ZrO₂×510

Regarding the chemically strengthened glasses of Examples CT-1, CT-5, CT-7 to CT-12, CT-14 to CT-19, and CT-21 to CT-24, a graph plotting the relationship between St Limit when the thickness t was 1 mm and X value is shown in FIG. 18, a graph plotting the relationship between St Limit when the thickness t was 1 mm and Z value is shown in FIG. 19, a graph plotting the relationship between St Limit when the thickness t was 1 mm and Young's modulus is shown in FIG. 20, and a graph plotting the relationship between X value and Z value is shown in FIG. 21.

TABLE 14 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. mol % CT-1 CT-2 CT-3 CT-4 CT-5 CT-6 CT-7 SiO₂ 64 62 58 54 58 58 62 Al₂O₃ 12 12 12 12 15 14 12 B₂O₃ 2 2 4 P₂O₅ Li₂O 16 16 16 16 19 18 16 Na₂O K₂O MgO 6 6 6 8 6 6 4 CaO 6 8 SrO BaO ZrO₂ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 SUM 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 E 90.3 89.0 95.7 96.9 92.2 90.8 86.4 K1c 0.92 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.88 StA 33852 37356 32998 Limit StF Limit St Limit 51286 56594 49992 X value 52804 53400 57754 61206 55969 55510 52194 Y value 0.93 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.94 0.91 0.88 Z value 35044 35026 37036 38546 36808 36202 34162 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. mol % CT-8 CT-9 CT-10 CT-11 CT-12 CT-13 SiO₂ 62 64 64 64.4 64.48 56.12 Al₂O₃ 12 12 12 6 14.38 17.18 B₂O₃ 5.06 P₂O₅ 4 6.84 Li₂O 16 16 16 Na₂O 12 13.7 16.77 K₂O 4 0.01 0.30 MgO 4 11 2.31 2.66 CaO 6 0.1 0.04 SrO 6 0.1 BaO ZrO₂ 2 2 2 2.5 SUM 100 100 100 100.1 99.98 99.88 E 83.4 90.9 89.4 78.0 68.9 64.0 K1c 0.76 0.71 0.69 StA 29460 35501 34245 Limit StF 39443 40926 Limit St Limit 44632 53785 51880 39443 40926 X value 45922 52348 49822 38838 39224 29493 Y value 0.89 0.92 0.91 0.76 0.72 0.69 Z value 30226 34498 32830 26010 26120 19516

TABLE 15 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex Ex mol % CT-14 CT-15 CT-16 CT-17 CT-18 CT-19 CT-20 CT-21 SiO₂ 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 60 Al₂O₃ 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 B₂O₃ P₂O₅ Li₂O Na₂O 12 10 8 14 14 14 14 10 K₂O 6 12 MgO 4 14 8 10 CaO 8 SrO 8 BaO 8 ZrO₂ SUM 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 E 70.9 66.9 80.9 72.0 75.3 74.4 72.6 86.0 K1c 0.69 0.63 0.84 0.78 0.75 0.75 0.73 0.89 StA 30901 28014 32109 Limit StF 33852 25829 48877 39917 38987 35159 49249 Limit St Limit 33852 25829 48877 39917 38987 35159 49249 X value 33496 26255 47832 40737 40129 36761 30897 48235 Y value 0.70 0.62 0.85 0.77 0.75 0.75 0.73 0.85 Z value 22204 17154 30950 27255 26527 24303 21975 31742 Ex Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. mol % CT-22 CT-23 CT-24 CT-25 CT-26 CT-27 SiO₂ 50 60 58 71.1 68.0 68.0 Al₂O₃ 30 20 18 1.1 10.0 10.0 B₂O₃ P₂O₅ 4 Li₂O 10 10 Na₂O 10 10 10 12.4 12.0 10.0 K₂O 0.2 MgO 10 6.9 10.0 12.0 CaO 8.3 SrO BaO ZrO₂ SUM 100 100 100 100.0 100.0 100.0 E 99.1 83.3 71.9 K1c 0.87 0.75 StA Limit StF 51622 44950 40463 43266 Limit St Limit 51622 44950 40463 43266 X value 52805 45205 39211 42834 34102 45467 Y value 0.88 0.82 0.78 0.75 0.80 0.82 Z value 34612 30522 25976 27172 28486 29718

It is understood from the results of Tables 14 to 15 and FIGS. 18 to 21 that X value and Z value correlate with St Limit at 1 mm in high precision, and are parameters showing breaking resistance in high precision when the chemically strengthened glass is fractured. Furthermore, it has been understood that St Limit increases as X value and Z value increase. As St Limit of the chemically strengthened glass increases, it indicates a more safe fracture such that the number of fragments is small, even if the chemically strengthened glass has been fractured. For example, when the chemically strengthened glass has X value and Z value of 30000 or more and 20000 or more, respectively, St Limit is larger than 30000 MPa. For example, even in the Example of a high strength chemically strengthened glass of 1 mm, having Sc or St of 30000 MPa or more as described above, it can say that a glass having higher safety in which the number of fragments when a glass is fractured is sufficiently small can be achieved.

Glasses were prepared as follows so as to have each glass composition in mole percentage on an oxide basis shown in Examples 2-1 to 2-53 in Tables 16 to 20. Glass raw materials generally used, such as an oxide, a hydroxide, a carbonate, and a nitrate, were appropriately selected, and weighed so as to be 1000 g as a glass. The mixed raw materials were placed in a platinum crucible, and placed in a resistance heating electric furnace of 1500 to 1700° C. to melt for about 3 hours, followed by defoaming and homogenizing. The molten glass obtained was poured into a mold material, maintained at a temperature of glass transition point+50° C. for 1 hour, and then cooled to room temperature in a rate of 0.5° C./min. Thus, a glass block was obtained. The glass block obtained was cut, grinded, polished, and then subjected to the following measurements.

Density was measured by a hydrostatic weighing method (JIS Z8807, Methods of measuring density and specific gravity of solid).

Linear expansion coefficient α and glass transition point Tg were measured according to the method of JIS R3102 (Testing method for average linear thermal expansion of glass).

Young's modulus E, shear modulus G and Poisson's ratio were measured by an ultrasonic pulse method (JIS R1602).

X value, Y value and Z value in Examples 2-1 to 2-53 are shown.

Similar to the above, the devitrification temperature T was estimated, and the temperature T4 at which a viscosity reaches 10⁴ dPa·s was measured.

Those results are shown in Tables 16 to 20.

Example described in Example 2-51 is the Example described in US 2015/0259244 A1.

Examples 2-1, 2-3 to 2-50 and 2-52 are examples that the X value is 30000 or more, and even when larger CS and DOL were introduced, a glass having higher safety such that the number of fragments when the glass was fractured is sufficiently small can be achieved. On the other hand, the X value in Example 2-2 and Example 2-51 is 30000 or less.

Examples 2-1, 2-3 to 2-50 and 2-52 are examples that the Z value is 20000 or more, and even when larger CS and DOL were introduced, a glass having higher safety such that the number of fragments when the glass was fractured is sufficiently small can be achieved. On the other hand, the Z value in Example 2-2 and Example 2-51 is 20000 or less.

TABLE 16 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 SiO₂ 68 68 68 68 68 68 Al₂O₃ 10 10 10 10 10 10 B₂O₃ 0 P₂O₅ 0 Li₂O 0 Na₂O 12 10 8 14 14 14 K₂O 6 12 0 0 0 0 MgO 4 0 14 CaO 0 8 SrO 0 8 BaO 0 8 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 0 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.44 2.45 2.45 2.48 2.61 2.73 (g/cm³) α50-350 58.0 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) 722 E (GPa) 70.9 66.9 80.9 75.3 74.4 72.6 G 29.1 27.3 33.0 30.3 28.5 26.6 Poisson's 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 ratio K1c 0.69 0.63 0.84 0.75 0.75 0.73 X value 33496 26255 47832 40129 36761 30897 Y value 0.70 0.62 0.85 0.75 0.75 0.73 Z value 22204 17154 30950 26527 24303 21975 T (° C.) 1400 or higher T4 (° C.) *1312 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-7 2-8 2-9 2-10 2-11 2-12 SiO₂ 60 50 50 50 60 60 Al₂O₃ 20 30 25 30 20 20 B₂O₃ P₂O₅ Li₂O 10 10 10 Na₂O 10 10 10 10 K₂O 0 0 MgO 10 10 10 10 5 0 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 5 5 0 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.50 2.58 2.72 2.58 2.60 2.44 (g/cm³) α50-350 57.0 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) 748 E (GPa) 86.0 99.1 101.0 111.0 100.3 83.3 G 34.4 38.4 37.2 43.0 38.5 34.1 Poisson's 0.23 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.23 0.22 ratio K1c 0.89 0.87 1.03 0.84 X value 48235 52805 49134 61600 51139 45205 Y value 0.85 0.88 0.92 0.98 1.00 0.82 Z value 31742 34612 34542 39550 35930 30522 T (° C.) T4 (° C.)

TABLE 17 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-13 2-14 2-15 2-16 2-17 2-18 SiO₂ 58 58 58 58 68 68 Al₂O₃ 18 18 18 20 10 10 B₂O₃ 4 P₂O₅ 4 4 2 Li₂O 10 10 Na₂O 10 10 10 8 8 8 K₂O 2 0 0 MgO 10 10 12 12 CaO SrO BaO 2 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 2 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.52 2.50 (g/cm³) α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) E (GPa) 79.6 82.3 G 31.6 32.9 Poisson's 0.22 0.22 ratio K1c 0.78 X value 45483 39211 42241 44858 45372 45476 Y value 0.76 0.78 0.81 0.83 0.84 0.87 Z value 29912 25976 27196 28894 29630 30650 T (° C.) T4 (° C.) Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-19 2-20 2-21 2-22 2-23 2-24 SiO₂ 62 58 54 58 58 62 Al₂O₃ 12 12 12 15 14 12 B₂O₃ 2 0 0 0 2 4 P₂O₅ Li₂O 16 16 16 19 18 16 Na₂O 0 0 0 0 0 0 K₂O 0 0 0 0 0 MgO 6 6 8 6 6 4 CaO 0 6 8 0 0 0 SrO 0 0 0 0 0 0 BaO 0 0 0 0 0 0 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 2 2 2 2 2 2 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.47 2.56 2.58 2.50 2.49 2.45 (g/cm³) α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) E (GPa) 89.0 95.7 96.9 92.2 90.8 86.4 G 36.0 37.3 37.5 36.9 36.5 35.3 Poisson's 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.23 ratio K1c 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.92 0.88 X value 53400 57754 61206 55969 55510 52194 Y value 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.94 0.91 0.88 Z value 35026 37036 38546 36808 36202 34162 T (° C.) T4 (° C.)

TABLE 18 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-25 2-26 2-27 2-28 2-29 2-30 SiO₂ 62 64 64 64 70 70 Al₂O₃ 12 12 12 12 10 10 B₂O₃ 0 P₂O₅ 4 Li₂O 16 16 16 16 12 12 Na₂O 0 0 0 0 3 1 K₂O 0 0 0 0 MgO 4 0 0 0 4 6 CaO 0 6 0 0 SrO 0 0 6 0 BaO 0 0 0 6 ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 2 2 2 2 1 1 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.44 2.52 2.61 2.70 2.42 2.42 (g/cm³) α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) E (GPa) 83.4 90.9 89.4 87.4 87.3 86.5 G 34.2 36.1 34.3 32.3 36.1 35.7 Poisson's 0.21 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.22 ratio K1c X value 45922 52348 49822 45424 47128 49493 Y value 0.89 0.92 0.91 0.90 0.88 0.91 Z value 30226 34498 32830 31084 31569 32800 T (° C.) 1250 or higher T4 (° C.) *1161 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-31 2-32 2-33 2-34 2-35 2-36 SiO₂ 70 70 70 70 70 70 Al₂O₃ 10 8 11 11 10 10 B₂O₃ 2 2 P₂O₅ Li₂O 10 8 11 11 10 8 Na₂O 1 1 1 4 5 K₂O 1 2 MgO 8 12 4 5 4 4 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.43 2.45 2.40 2.40 2.43 2.43 (g/cm³) α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) E (GPa) 87.3 88.3 83.7 83.9 83.5 81.7 G 35.9 36.1 34.9 35.0 34.4 33.6 Poisson's 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.21 ratio K1c X value 50099 51593 48146 49329 44951 42773 Y value 0.91 0.92 0.88 0.90 0.86 0.84 Z value 33044 33560 31922 32538 30150 28731 T (° C.) 1300 or 1300 or 1140- 1091- higher higher 1150 1110 T4 (° C.) *1223 *1225 1195 1219

TABLE 19 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-37 2-38 2-39 2-40 2-41 2-42 SiO₂ 70 70 70 70 70 70 Al₂O₃ 10 10 11 11 12 12 B₂O₃ 2 2 P₂O₅ Li₂O 10 8 8 6 8 6 Na₂O 2 3 2 3 3 4 K₂O 1 2 1 2 1 2 MgO 6 6 5 5 6 6 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 1 1 1 1 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.43 2.43 2.41 2.41 2.40 2.41 (g/cm³) α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) E (GPa) 85.0 83.2 82.4 80.6 83.8 81.9 G 35.0 34.2 34.3 33.4 34.9 34.0 Poisson's 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.21 ratio K1c X value 47316 45138 46272 44094 47030 44852 Y value 0.88 0.86 0.86 0.84 0.87 0.85 Z value 31381 29963 30625 29207 30888 29469 T (° C.) 1230-1238 T4 (° C.) *1210 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. (mol %) 2-43 2-44 2-45 2-46 2-47 2-48 SiO₂ 70 70 67 65 70 66 Al₂O₃ 12 12 16 18 10 14 B₂O₃ 2 2 P₂O₅ Li₂O 7 6 9 10 10 8 Na₂O 3 3 4 4 3 5 K₂O 1 1 3 2 1 2 MgO 4 4 5 4 CaO SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ ZrO₂ 1 2 1 1 1 1 Sum 100 100 100 100 100 100 Density 2.40 2.43 2.42 2.44 2.42 2.45 (g/cm³) α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) Tg (° C.) E (GPa) 81.7 82.6 81.3 83.7 84.2 83.6 G 34.0 34.0 33.6 34.4 34.7 34.2 Poisson's 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.22 ratio K1c X value 44948 44073 42091 44303 46133 44601 Y value 0.86 0.87 0.84 0.86 0.87 0.85 Z value 29996 29968 28631 30130 30766 29879 T (° C.) 1194- 1200 T4 (° C.) 1211

TABLE 20 (mol %) Ex. 2-49 Ex. 2-50 Ex. 2-51 Ex. 2-52 Ex. 2-53 SiO₂ 65 60 57.43 69 70 Al₂O₃ 14 10 16.1 9 7.5 B₂O₃ P₂O₅ 6.54 Li₂O 8 8 9.5 8 Na₂O 6 4 17.05 4.5 5.3 K₂O 2 2 1 1 MgO 4 8 2.81 6 7 CaO 8 0.2 SrO BaO ZnO TiO₂ 0.04 0.04 ZrO₂ 1 1 1 Sum 100 100 99.9 100.0 100.0 Density (g/cm³) 2.46 2.53 2.44 2.44 α50-350 (10⁷/° C.) 70 72 Tg (° C.) 552 548 E (GPa) 83.6 88.5 84 82.6 G 34.0 34.9 33.8 Poisson's ratio 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.22 K1c X value 44320 53536 29661 45856 Y value 0.84 0.83 0.69 0.85 Z value 29686 32999 19711 30462 T (° C.) 1250 or higher 1120-1133 1116-1130 1090-1100 T4 (° C.) 1227 1027 1163 1159

<Relationship Among Glass Sheet Thickness, St, CT, and the Number of Fragments of Glass>

To evaluate the relationship between the glass sheet thickness and breaking resistance of the chemically strengthened glass, chemically strengthened glasses having various St values and CT values were prepared with various compositions under various chemical strengthening conditions, and the relationship among the sheet thickness when fractured, the number of fragments, St value, and CT value was investigated. Specifically, glasses having a size of 25 mm×25 mm×thickness t (mm) were subjected to the chemical strengthening treatment under various chemical strengthening conditions such that internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) or internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa) changes, and chemically strengthened glasses having various internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) or internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa) were prepared. By using a diamond indenter having an indenter angle 60° of a facing angle, those chemically strengthened glasses were fractured by an indentation fracture test in which a load of 3 kgf is maintained for 15 seconds, and the number of pieces (the number of fragments) after being fractured was counted, respectively. The internal tensile stress area (St, unit: MPa·μm) when the number of fragments was 10 was defined as St Limit value, and the internal tensile stress CT (unit: MPa) when the number of fragments was 10 was defined as CT Limit value. In the case where the number of fragments crosses over 10, St Limit value was defined by the following formula by using Stn value that is St value of the maximum number n of fragments becoming less than 10 and Stm value that is St value of the minimum number m of fragments becoming more than 10.

St Limit value=Stn+(10−n)×(Stm−Stn)/(m−n)

In the case where the number of fragments crosses over 10, CT Limit value was defined by the following formula by using CTn value that is CT value of the maximum number n of fragments becoming less than 10 and CTm value that is CT value of the minimum number m of fragments becoming more than 10.

CT Limit value=CTn+(10−n)×(CTm−CTn)/(m−n)

The St value and CT value are defined as follows by using values St_(F) and CT_(F) measured by a surface stress meter FSM-6000 manufactured by Orihara Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and analyzed by an attachment program FsmV or the values St_(A) and CT_(A) obtained by measuring using a birefringence imaging system Abrio-IM and a thinned sample.

St=St _(F)=1.515×St _(A)

CT=CT _(F)=1.28×CT _(A)

Here, CT_(F) is a value equal to a value CT_CV analyzed by FsmV.

The chemically strengthened glasses of Examples CT-5, CT-16, CT-17, and CT-26 and St Limit and CT Limit values relating to the sheet thicknesses thereof are shown in Tables 21 and 22. Furthermore, graphs plotting St Limit and CT Limit of the chemically strengthened glasses of Examples CT-5, CT-16, CT-17, and CT-26 to the each sheet thickness t (mm) are shown in FIGS. 22 and 23.

It is understood from Table 21 and FIG. 22 that St Limit tends to linearly increase to the sheet thickness and is approximately represented by the following formula.

St (a,t)=a×t+7000 (unit: MPa·μm)

It is understood that the constant a in the above formula changes depending on the chemically strengthened glass. St Limit are large in each sheet thickness as the value a increases, and even though larger CS and DOL are introduced, the chemically strengthened glass can be used as one generating less number of fragments.

It is understood from Table 22 and FIG. 23 that CT Limit tends to decrease with increasing a sheet thickness, and is approximately represented by the following formula.

CT (b,c,t)=−b×ln(t)+c (unit: MPa)

It is understood that the constants b and c in the above formula change depending on the chemically strengthened glass and b tends to monotonically increase to c. From FIG. 23, CT Limit is large in each sheet thickness as the values b and c increase, and even though larger CS and DOL are introduced, the chemically strengthened glass can be used as one generating less number of fragments.

TABLE 21 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. CT-13 CT-17 CT-16 CT-26 CT-5 Sheet 0.4 22476 21252 Thickness 0.55 25519 31734 26847 35000 (mm) 0.8 30107 43007 35680 1 39917 48877 43266 56594 a 33092 43000 36100 49900

TABLE 22 Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. Ex. CT-13 CT-17 CT-16 CT-26 CT-5 Sheet 0.4 72.4 61.3 Thickness 0.55 52.2 75.4 55.8 72 (mm) 0.8 42.6 66.4 50.3 1 44.6 56.9 48.4 57.8 b 13 21 14 23 c 44.6 56.9 48.4 57.8

While the present invention has been described in detail and with reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The present application is based on a Japanese patent application (Application No. 2016-010002) filed on Jan. 21, 2016 and a Japanese patent application (Application No. 2016-204745) filed on Oct. 18, 2016, the whole thereof being incorporated herein by reference.

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1-7. (canceled)
 8. A chemically strengthened glass sheet, comprising a glass which comprises, in mole percentage on an oxide basis, 58 to 72% of SiO₂, 13 to 18% of Al₂O₃, 0 to 5% of B₂O₃, 0.5 to 4% of P₂O₅, 4 to 13% of Li₂O, 7 to 14% of Na₂O, 0 to 2% of K₂O, 0 to 11% of MgO, 0 to 14% of CaO, 0 to 12% of SrO, 0 to 15% of BaO, 0 to 10% of ZnO, 0 to 1% of TiO₂, and 0 to 2% of ZrO₂, wherein: the chemically strengthened glass sheet has a surface compressive stress (CS) of 450 MPa or more; a compressive stress value (CS₉₀) in a portion at a depth of 90 μm from a surface of the chemically strengthened glass sheet is 25 MPa or more, or a compressive stress value (CS₁₀₀) in a portion at a depth of 100 μm from the surface is 15 MPa or more; a depth d_(h) of a portion at which a magnitude of an internal compressive stress of the chemically strengthened glass sheet reaches ½ of a surface compressive stress (CS) of the chemically strengthened glass sheet is 30 μm or less; and a value of X is 30000 or more, the value of X being calculated based on the following formula by using contents in mole percentage on an oxide basis of components of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, B₂O₃, P₂O₅, Li₂O, Na₂O, K₂O, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZrO₂: X=SiO₂×329+Al₂O₃×786+B₂O₃×627+P₂O₅×(−941)+Li₂O×927+Na₂O×47.5+K₂O×(−371)+MgO×1230+CaO×1154+SrO×733+ZrO₂×51.8.
 9. The chemically strengthened glass sheet according to claim 8, wherein the chemically strengthened glass sheet has a thickness of 2 mm or less.
 10. The chemically strengthened glass sheet according to claim 8, wherein a product (CS₁₀₀×t²) of a compressive stress value CS₁₀₀ (MPa) in a portion at a depth of 100 μm from the surface and a square of a thickness t (mm) of the chemically strengthened glass sheet is 5 MPa·mm² or more.
 11. The chemically strengthened glass sheet according to claim 8, wherein an area Sc (MPa-μm) of a compressive stress layer of the chemically strengthened glass sheet is 30000 MPa·μm or more.
 12. The chemically strengthened glass sheet according to claim 8, wherein the depth d_(h) is 8 μm or more.
 13. The chemically strengthened glass sheet according to claim 8, wherein a depth of a compressive stress layer (DOL) of the chemically strengthened glass sheet is 110 μm or more. 